Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
I will not purchase one with a 8400GS.. that way it wont overheat and fry the motherboard. you have valid points with regards to the x1950pro. But until a more detailed step by step mod comes out, i don't feel confident to attempt it myself.
Dell are about to release a new laptop, but its a matter of when? It really have p.issed me off that the build quality of the laptop has allowed it to screw up. Maybe if Dell just did what KenHT did everyone would be happy?
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I'm afraid there's nothing you can do besides the famous copper modd. Honestly, that's not that big of a modd. It's very easy to do. Thing is, there hasn't been much time since people started using the copper modd and you can't tell if it solves the heat issue or not.
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So, people, I have the same problem as you have - The magical color lines. I am using Bios A11 since yesterday, was using A09 before that. Color lines seemed to apper almost whenever they "wanted" to. For example today i put my laptop on Sleep (yes, I DID wait untill it "fell asleep" properly) then came to work, opened the lid - voila!! The magnificient color-lined picture.
I called XPS Premium support for a minute ago and after some talks to people from India I got a tecnician sent to me tomorrow (I have this next-business-day warranty).
The dude will change my mobo which hopefully will help. (What I really hope for is that it will reduce the CPU-whine as well. I am not suffering of it a lot since it is bearly heard, but still)
What I hope will *not* happen is that the whine will become louder :-D
I will post the results as soon I will get the new motherboard.
PS: People, what about using the "copper-plate-mod" but putting a SILVER plate instead? If I remember correctly silver has better thermal conductivity...Attached Files:
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Hmmm, well taking a look at the thermal conductivity for silver and copper at room temperature, shamelessly taken from wikipedia
Silver: 429 W/m/K
Copper: 401 W/m/K
Units: W = Watts, m = metre, K = kelvin (1 unit in Kelvin is the same as 1 unit in Celsius)
So looking at the size of the metal shim required, (around 15x15mm x 1.5mm thick) the increase in thermal conductivity by using silver would probably be negligible.
Bear in mind that silver would probably be more expensive too. Bottom line, go for the copper
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Oooookay
The technician just left. I got a brand new mobo installed. A funny thing was that there were some screws left over *LOL*. We went through the whole laptop 3 times and could not find any place where they could have come from
So, laptop *seems* to function well. I talked to the guy about this copper-mod idea and he found it brilliant! Because he disliked the DELL's solution a lot as well
A bit offtop: ppl, where do I check which rev is my motherboard? I found at least 4 different "rev Axx" labels with xx standing for different numbers
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Remove the first DDR2 memory chip and you'll see a sticker there which says what rev. you have.
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I purchased my laptop for almost a year ago, was working perfectly until monday (when the color lines appeared).
When technician disassembled my system, I looked at the DELL's solution for heat transfer between the GPU and sink and told the Technician about what I read on forums. He thought it was a brilliant idea. When I told him about the temperature decrease he told "Well, for sure! I do not like the DELL's solution either and actually personally do not understand why they are using it." or smth in that manner.
He mentioned of course that any change or mod of that kind would destroy my warranty and DELL will not take responsibility for any damage caused by this. But he liked the idea itself
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That's the only clarification for a GPU that runs 100C at idle I'm amazed the GPU lasted that long
(unless of course your fan woes only appeared recently).
It's not good to run your 1330 w/o fan for any long period of time, but you could try to "quickly" install 18kfangui* and see if you can manually control your fan. This will quickly determine if it is a software (BIOS) or HW issue.
*But be certain to download it using another PC/Notebook and while your at it, read up on how to use it prior to installing it on your 1330. This will minimize the time spent running your 1330 w/o the fan.Last edited by a moderator: May 8, 2015 -
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Thanks for your quick responses. It is always nice to get some help when needed.
When the fan fails in diagnostics, this is the message I get:
Test Result: Fail
Error Code: 3700:011B
Msg: Expected Processor Fan on High RPM of 5000 Detected Fan RPM=0
The fan is not dead because it will pass the diagnostics after a while.
I blew the heatsink and fan when the technician had disassembled it and a very miniscule amount of dust came out. The fan, fins and in between the fins are all clean.
By the way, my Dell XPS M1330 notebook was bought in January 2008 and has been in a clean environment. -
i am also getting the same display problem as shown in the thumb nail picture.Could u please tell me what is the cause for this? And also the solution. But for me the display some times becomes normal. Please let me know...........
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M1330 Display Issue (Vertical Lines on Reboot & Crash & Vertical Lines)
Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by rocketscientist, Jan 4, 2008.
