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    Going to get a refurb M1330, how to tell GPU is not bad?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by johnny13oi, Jun 29, 2008.

  1. johnny13oi

    johnny13oi Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys, I am going to get a refurb M1330 from Dell in a few days, is there a way I can tell if the system has been run before and that the GPU is not bad. I definitely wouldn't want to keep it if a previous owner had the GPU temp in the 100C range. Is there a way to tell? I don't want it to die in the long run.
     
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    darkcond0 Notebook Evangelist

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    well.. it's probably been run before
    I don't see a way to check if the gpu has been running hot in the past, you could download something like hwmonitor and make sure it's not running hot now. If there aren't any problems with displaying and the temps are under control then it should be fine
     
    darkcond0, Jun 29, 2008
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    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    100 is really high... is that under load or normal use? id give dell a call
     
    aan310, Jun 29, 2008
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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    dell checks the laptop before it goes to the outlet probably. and u should probably run a few checks on it though.
     
    wywern209, Jun 29, 2008
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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    he or she doesn't have the laptop yet, the OP is asking how to check if such a thing did happen. most gpu should not get that hot!
     
    wywern209, Jun 29, 2008
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