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    m5550 notebook cooler

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by solster, Oct 30, 2008.

  1. solster

    solster Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys, after getting my laptop back from Kris at MXM Upgrades my laptop is now running perfect with a new x1800 :) ive also upgraded my 1gb ram to 4gb corsair ram :)

    but as we all know this is a hot laptop, and the x1800 is a hot card... so i upgraded the bios firmware to 2.07 and it helps a LOT with cooling this laptop, it doesnt burn your hand now when idle or gaming.

    (seems to stay around 45-55 when idle, 65-70 when gaming and peaking at 80 sometimes when loading cod4 maps etc)

    this would be fine for most people nowadays i suppose, but i like to keep my laptop ultra cool, so i bought a notebook cooler (zalman 2000) but it doesnt seem to help reduce these temps further.

    so i was wondering if anyone knows of a better cooler for this laptop?

    thanks all :)
     
    solster, Oct 30, 2008
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