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    GPU running VERY hot?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by LiTh07, May 6, 2010.

  1. LiTh07

    LiTh07 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey everyone,

    I have an m1530 that I bought back in june of 2008 with an nvidia 8600GT. In the past few months my gpu temps have been rising while I have been gaming. Its even gotten up to 98C while playing WoW, which makes the game really choppy and unplayable.

    I can get the temps down to around 90C while gaming if I keep a box fan pointed at the bottom of the laptop, kind of like a poor mans cooler. How can I get my temps down? What SHOULD they be at while gaming?

    Thanks!
     
    LiTh07, May 6, 2010
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    bikerboy94, May 6, 2010
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  3. LiTh07

    LiTh07 Notebook Evangelist

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    Is there any chance that my XPS could be under warranty and I could get a new laptop? This is the second problem with my m1530, the first one was my mobo died randomly around june 2009.
     
    LiTh07, May 6, 2010
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  4. str355

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    i bought my m1330 in June '08 aswell, just the normal 1 year on site warranty.

    dell added 1 year extra warranty for the nvidia chip if the 8600gt is covered like my 8400.

    my temps are currently 70-80c idle, up to 105-110c with the gpu under load.

    although i have recorded the gpu at 255c, i think this was when it was hot and went into sleep mode? Clicky

    a tech is coming to replace my motherboard tomorrow
     
    str355, May 6, 2010
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  5. gpig

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    The '255' is a special number in programming. Basically in this case, the application is unable to measure the temperature and it defaults to the highest 8-bit binary number, 255.
     
    gpig, May 6, 2010
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    That's definitely a glitch/software problem and not an actual temp. I got the same thing once too.
     
    Salami, May 6, 2010
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    thats good to know, i did wonder why the whole laptop hadn't melted :D
     
    str355, May 7, 2010
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    98c for the GPU under load is fine.
     
    MrSpock2002, May 7, 2010
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    no its not, it starts slowing down at 90
     
    LiTh07, May 8, 2010
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