The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Is the heating issue on XPS Studio m1340 worse than other 13" laptops?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by just4geeks, Nov 9, 2009.

  1. just4geeks

    just4geeks Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I am about to purchase the XPS Studio m1340 with the following features. Can the current owners please help me out with some info? Does your laptop get very hot only when you run high end games or does it get hot even when browsing as well?

    Features:
    * 13.3 inch Widescreen Display
    * Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40GHz, 3MB cache, 1066MHz FSB)
    * 4GB DDR3 RAM
    * 320GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
    * Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Operating System SP1
    * 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500M Graphics Card

    Do you always use a cooling pad with your laptop?
     
    just4geeks, Nov 9, 2009
    #1
  2. Student Driver

    Student Driver Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    158
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I have a faster (hotter) CPU, more RAM, same video adapter, and run a LOT of virtual machines. My heat isn't an issue when running them without a cooler. The only thing I'd suggest is to make sure you have the latest BIOS, and if aren't using the extended battery, just prop up the back a little bit. Mine runs quite cool with the extended battery after 9+ hours of usage at work without my cooler running VMs.
     
    Student Driver, Nov 9, 2009
    #2
  3. hanming

    hanming Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    11
    Messages:
    397
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    If you really care about the heat issue, then i would recommend you to change your gpu from 9500m to n10m-GS (210mGS). The reason is that it runs cooler than the 9500m and runs much faster also.
     
    hanming, Nov 9, 2009
    #3
  4. BlackRussian

    BlackRussian Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    239
    Messages:
    1,206
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    You may just want to read this
    http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/19289346.aspx
     
    BlackRussian, Nov 9, 2009
    #4