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    M1530 Dead Fan, Temps 80-95

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Salty85, Aug 24, 2009.

  1. Salty85

    Salty85 Notebook Consultant

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    Just wanted to let you know of a tech experience with dell.

    I got a M1530, long story short it was a replacement of a shocking Insp 6000.

    Buncha hell to get it to work right (hardware issues galore).

    Ended up working with Dell Liasons to get it fixed.

    It was out of warranty (only had 90 days from every repair) and it began to overheat... 75-81 idle and 95 gaming... Called my liason, and he sent me a fan replacement. Temps dropped to 59-69 idle (fan kicks on at 69), and have yet to try gaming, gonna stop gaming on it. But he said if it gets that hot again, call tech support and tell them you have a DANGEROUS laptop, and they should fix it there because it was not a normal repair, and they have special procedures to fix any laptop that may cause harm to the consumer.
     
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    Bowlerguy92 Notebook Deity

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    Wow........
     
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  3. DFI Fan

    DFI Fan Notebook Evangelist

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    Those "special procedures" are in place to prevent lawsuits against them. It is much cheaper for them to replace a heatsink on a CPU then pay a settlement for a lawsuit.
     
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    Viper786 Notebook Consultant

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    The fan on my M1530 died recently too.. the bottom got so hot to touch, that it burned. I called dell and they replaced my motherboard and fans.
     
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  5. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Dell..loves to replace the Mobo/fans as much as they before they turn over for a complete system replacement... :(

    *still monitoring my temps on my GPU..like a hawk* :rolleyes:

    Cin...
     
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    Salty85 Notebook Consultant

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    Yes. This was a computer from a Inspirion 6000 that was out of warranty and giving me electric shocks when typing or picking it up.

    Specs:
    Insp 6000
    512 Ram
    XP Home
    X300 ATI GPU
    1.6 Ghz PIV
    1920x1200 Display
    60 GB 5400 RPM (replaced to a 7200 RPM with a RMA gone bad... for dell)
     
    Salty85, Aug 26, 2009
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