Expieriencing heat issues

Lately my GPU temps got real high in idle. When playing it's above 90 celsius.
Idle :: 57-63 celsius
Load :: 80-93 celsius

Hmmm... I need a help real bad, what do you think ?

 

Clean your vents, undervolt, apply new thermal paste, check whether your fans are working, use a cooler pad..

 

#1 vents checked
#2 paste applied (altough its not quality)
#3 undervolt (not a chance)
#4 if fans are working ? ROFL ? They are blowing all the heat out at full speed !
#5 Have one

Anyway the temps shouldnt be that high !

 

if you applied your own paste then i would recheck it, especially if its not quality.

 

My 1530 is having the same issues. When I am playing games, not even on maxed settings it runs on average at about 93C. It has gotten even slightly higher without a cooler.
I am still in warranty so I am going to be calling Dell once I can get some time to sit on the phone with them.

 

I would say your thermal paste attributes to the high heat. It happened long ago for my HP laptop. My laptop would hang if I don't put it on the cooler pad even while doing the smallest things(surfing web, watching series)... The thermal paste worn out

 

Re-apply thermal paste ask us for advice? , read up on how to do it, or watch some vids on youtube but whatever you do this time try to get the best quality you can!

what paste are you using?? and what application methods??

 

Play 5 minutes more and make your coffee with 100 celsius
Jokes apart, If the XPS will have such temp then, How long the laptop will be in working condition ?
I'm damn sure after 2-3 years all capacitors will swell and the laptop will be in bin

 

I havent been monitoring the temps 1 to 2 months. I been curious about temp when i bought the laptop but it seemed to run fine. After I upgraded to Se7en I started to monitor them again, and I was shocked.

Thermal paste .. Maybe its the issue
Link : http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13915

Application methods

#1 : Squirt paste onto CPU, GPU (in the middle). When heatsink is applied it will adapt on it. So far, worked best

#2 : Squirt paste onto CPU, GPU. 1mm coat which was "painted" onto it

#3 : Thats it

Please point me to affordable paste, if that's the issue.
This is a reliable shop in my country. Please choose one http://www.tichepc.sk/Teplovodive-pasty-a-ine/c001021.html

... And can you help me with this ??? LINK : http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=429830

 

I tried that link but can't read it i will recommend some TP and you can find them there if that will help

1) Artic Silver 5
2) AC MX2
3) Shin-Etsu G751
4) Arctic Ceramique
5) Tuniq TX-3(insanely hard to apply but once you do absolutley best cooling IMO! and more highly priced)
5) Zalman STG1 (just simply for ease of application...(Like Nailpolish)

now Thermal paste is not something i would call expensive some may cost more than others but you usually get what you pay for (exception Shin Etsu G751 i got for 2 bucks but is a pretty good thermal paste which brought me from 59'c idle to 41'c idle ) now less is truly more when it comes to certain Thermal pastes you dont wanna saturate it with some like AS5 but rather use a small amount i heard about 1/4 a BB...also there are several methods one is using heat sink to spread another popular one is using a business card (i prefer the heatsink) what i do is apply a thin line down the midddle of the heat sink and apply it and shimmy a bit to make sure there is even spread but play with it see which method works for you... WIsh you all the best

 

most of the time people use too much paste and it ends up actually insulating the chip. dont use too much.

 

hehe, yeah right, at 100 celsius, SXPS (and every other laptops) will be burned after 2-3 years

then how much's enough? is there any tip to know?

 

This brings back a funny memory, when a dell tech emptied his thermal paste tube in my GPU... it didnt work so well, so i just removed the excess from the sides and it was OK.

The normal measure is about the seize of a rice if the core is small or medium, if the core is large you might want to put about double the ration.

the worst that can happen is that you notice your temps a bit higher, and you just remove some and try again...

 

I will attest due to personal experience, that applying Arctic Silver 5 to the processors DOES help. For the first couple of weeks my machine still ran hot and the fan ran fast, but here lately, like within the past week, my machine most of the time, runs cooler and I rarely get the fan to speed up like it did...sometimes I have to check the laptop for a heartbeat! lol

I don't use a laptop cooler, just a riser to prop the rear up a little and it cost me zero. Overall, the switch to professional grade thermal paste was just the ticket I needed. Oh yeah, thanks to those out there with that suggestion about AS5, nothing is better!

 

Im inclined to buy AS5 and apply it myself. But I have no exp or whatsoever, fearing it might ruin my laptop =S