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    Heating issues - again?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sergiobaschi, Sep 25, 2009.

  1. sergiobaschi

    sergiobaschi Notebook Guru

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    Dear laides and sires,

    About 9 months ago I had big heat issues with my M1330. At first I got a new cooler, the second time I got a new motherboard. Then the heating issues stopped (it still got pretty warm, but it stayed below 75 celcius).
    Four weeks ago, the motherboard died, just of no obvious reason. I got a new motherboard again.
    It worked fine the 30 minutes I tried if after that the technician had left me. Later I plugged in an extra montitor, just a small 19" @ 1280x1024.

    The result you can see here.

    Nota bene: the screen dump is taken with nothing but Thunderbird, one Chrome window, Task manager and Everest running, the latter is a program I use to check temperature.

    The M1330's specs are listed in my signature.

    My question is: what can I do to cool down the GPU? I've disabled Aero, don't know if that helps.

    Many thanks.

    SB
     
    sergiobaschi, Sep 25, 2009
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  2. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Those temps are seriously bad. Get on the phone with Dell ASAP.. and tell them you want the lappy repaired again and/or a new replacement...(I would go for new replacement).

    You could do a lot of *downclocking* in Rivatuner, and get the temps lower probably, but that would destroy any gaming capabilities. (It would weaken the card some).

    Do you have a Cooler? Or, if your comfy with dismantling your lappy....you could open it up, and take a look at the heatsink/GPU and re attach/thermal paste it, to make sure there's a good seal/connection between the two. That could be a progressive problem.

    Ohh.... get i8kfangui .....and max out the laptops fans!!! That will help.
    Here is the link: i8ffangui

    Most important right now..is to get in contact with Dell...those temps are extremely high..They need to take this seriously.

    Cin...
     
    Cin', Sep 25, 2009
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  3. chewyeong90

    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    102 !? Something must be wrong with the GPU. I once had a HP laptop and when I sent in for heatsink replacement, they accidentally messed up the GPU casing which caused the GPU temp at startup reaching 90+. After that I send it back and they said they made a mistake.
     
    chewyeong90, Sep 26, 2009
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  4. Cin'

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    You hadn't replied back from yesterday....How are the temps today?
    Did you contact Dell? Did you attempt anything to help with those *horridly high temps*? :eek:

    Cin...
     
    Cin', Sep 26, 2009
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  5. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    If that temp is correct, then you need to turn off your laptop and get it fixed immediately or you are going to do some serious damage.
     
    atbnet, Sep 26, 2009
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