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    Dell XPS Heating Problem

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bluer.2727, Jan 16, 2009.

  1. bluer.2727

    bluer.2727 Newbie

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    Hey everyone,

    I got my XPS M1530 about 5 months ago and everything was fine. But today, while I was playing Test Drive Unlimited, I noticed that the game began slowing down etc.. so I opened up HWMonitor (ver. 1.10.00) to check the temperatures. Here they are:

    ACPI - THM_ : 90 C
    CPU : 90 C (Both Cores)
    GPU Core: 90 C


    My Nvidia driver version is 176.44 (downloaded from Dell), I have the A12 bios. These temperatures look really high, especially for the CPU, what should I do? Please help :confused:


    PS: I have 6 V battery, room temperature is always between 22-25 C
     
    bluer.2727, Jan 16, 2009
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  2. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    90C is bad for the m1530... both CPU and GPU

    sure your fan is running, no dust.... whatsoever?

    download another driver, maybe this one is reporting wrong temps? (but i doubt it, since CPU is 90C...)

    call Dell and send it in if you still have warranty
     
    paper_wastage, Jan 16, 2009
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  3. aaronzz

    aaronzz Newbie

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    dust!
    get some condensed air to blow the dust out!
    it works great for me!
     
    aaronzz, Jan 17, 2009
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    bluer.2727 Newbie

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    The fan runs as always. But I am not sure about the dust. Where do I get condensed air from and where do I blow it at?

    I noticed the temperatures generally increased when I updated my driver to 176.44, but they weren't that high (usually around 82 C for GPU, and 70 for CPU)...

    But now I am getting 90 C all around :(

    I still have the warranty, but I don't wanna send it in if I can avoid it (I need to do work on my computer).

    Thanks everyone
     
    bluer.2727, Jan 17, 2009
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  5. mc1

    mc1 Notebook Guru

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    Pretty sure you'll have next business day on site support although that might depend on your country. I had similar symptoms, Dell replaced both the mobo and the heatsink at my workplace - took about an hour, I have lower temps than ever before. The engineer said all the thermal paste had burnt away.
     
    mc1, Jan 17, 2009
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