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    Increase in CPU idle temp... anything to worry about?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Dan333SP, Jul 21, 2008.

  1. Dan333SP

    Dan333SP Notebook Consultant

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    A few weeks ago, my M1530's typical idle CPU temperature according to everest home edition was between 45 and 50 degrees C. I didn't check it again for a long period of time, but today I noticed that the temp under the same conditions is now holding steady around 63 degrees C. I have it on a cooling pad, I have it plugged in and hear the fan running, I've cleaned out the vent on the back of the laptop, but the temp still stays this high. I just updated from BIOS A07 to A08, but that didn't change the temperature, any ideas of what happened and if I should be worried?
     
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    Dan333SP Notebook Consultant

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    Forgot to mention that I have the T7500 processor.
     
    Dan333SP, Jul 21, 2008
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    cooling pads are technically useless (they only cool 2-3degrees.... u could do better by forcing the notebook fan to run[since u need either a USB port or charger for power to the cooling pads, u wont cry about losing battery power when forcing notebook fan to run, right? :)])

    get a penyrn processor :p

    update BIOS to A12.... fans run earlier

    after a period of time, more junk running?
     
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    Dan333SP Notebook Consultant

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    I have turned off every background program I can, so that it's running even less than it was when it used to idle around 45-50, but it still stays at a minimum of 63 now. As for updating the bios again, nothing wrong with that, but why would it have changed in the first place? It once ran cool without fans having a lower threshold... Strange! Maybe I can get Dell to send me a new one with a penryn ;)
     
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Use HWMonitor to check for temps. Report back with your idle temps
     
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    Dan333SP Notebook Consultant

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    Interesting, HWmonitor is telling me my idle temps for both cores are around 55 C, 10 lower than what Everest tells me but also around 10 more than what most other users with the same configuration seem to report... in any case, I have a full warranty so I'll just let it do its thing and if the CPU fails, I'll just have them come replace it. I assume HWmonitor is generally regarded as a more reliable temp gauge than everest or other such programs? My GPU idles at 65 and my HDD at 43, FWIW...
     
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Try Coretemp as a third check for accuracy

    Your HDD temps are normal and GPU is a little high but i think thats normal for m1530's.

    I suggest you check your max temps aswell
     
    flipfire, Jul 21, 2008
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    Use RMClock, see the temps, then undervolt.
    There is a link in my sig, use that to reach the Undervolting Guide.
     
    eleron911, Jul 22, 2008
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