My first CPU + GPU stress ended in a failure

As for the start i will put my specs and the enviorment situation.

Specs : Xps m1530
2.2 - T7500 (Undervolted to 1.0375V)
8600m GT DDR3 256MB
2GB ram
160HDD 5400RPM genric
Vista bussines with SP1
--BIOS VERSION A09--

Enviorment - My room with an open window the latop sitting on my wooden
table with 9 Cell battery lift , Room temperature ~27C

Well and this are the results, I didnt play, i just used 2 stress programs working togther and monitored them with the CPUID

The test ran simpaly Started up the ATI tool 0.26 and pressed the check for artifects option after 20 minutes of running the GPU gone up to ~76C

Now i started the othros Stress CPU program and kept monitoring after both programs running toghter GPU has fired up to 84C and CPU to 82C
ACPI at 87C and HDD at 52C (all are the max temps most of the time they were 2 degrees lower).

after 15 minutes of running togther the all test has ended up with a heavy blue screen and a full restart (I guess that it is because of the undervolting). as things were going i think the temp's would have raised in few degrees more.
ATI tool was running for max time of 35 minutes and the orthos was switched on when ati tool was at the 20 minutes, they both worked toghter 15 minutes.
*orthos has put the CPU to 100% all the time, and about the ati tool i guess it did the same with the GPU.

Now i see - I demand a RECALL!!

My best advice for the ones who are about to buy a new laptop (with nvidia card) is -
--------WAIT!!!------Or buy a laptop with ATI CARD----- (no ADS here )

P.S - sorry about any spelling mistakes, as one who comes from the confliceted country of Israel English isnt my mothers tongue.

 

get a sager, dude!

 

LOL...you just damaged you M1530. Why did you buy Dell?

 

Is GRID heavy enough to do a stress test with ? Getting mine on Monday so I have to be prepared.

 

I would say not to worry about it. You just use the laptop as you intended, daily stuffs or gaming as long as you would. Please make sure you got the driver up-to-date.

 

What is sager???

and i didnt damge anything, just found my GPU's and CPU's stress results after installing the new bios update...

 

Blue screen problem could be anything. I had it once in a while when I had Turbo memory installed in my M1530. Since I removed I have not had any problem. I guess either Dell, Intel, Microsoft or combination of all do not have a robust BIOS or drivers.

 

The blue screen can be anything, that's right but i know why it happened it's because of the undervolting when you put a figure that is too low like i guess 1.0375 was for my PC then you raise it up abit and i should fix the problem, anyway i did this therd not to show any problems with the undervolting but to show the temp that i am experancing with the A09 bios update...and to make people think twice before buying a nvidia card (at least from the infacted ones).

 

I am clearly no expert, but IMO the 82C for the CPU, the 87C for ACPI and the 52C for the HDD seem much more serious than 84C for the GPU. When I'm doing a stress test with my M1330 I get up to 105C GPU, but not more then 75C CPU and my HDD might touch 40C...

Cheers

Matthias

 

I have no problem with mine. It seems everyone is blowing this out of proposition. I experienced a GPU problem with my M1330 but Dell replaced the motherboard. That was the end of that. I have no problem with my new M1530. There might be defective Nividia GPU out there and I believe Nividia has already identified the lot numbers. I work with Semicondutor company and deal with semicondutor equipment manufacturers and suppliers, there is a very aggressive containment process.

 

Hi Imzomnia!

You can confirm that with a 3D game maxing out the GPU a program like HWMonitor does in fact not show high temperatures anymore after the mainboard switch?

That would be interesting.

Thanks!

Matthias

 

Well it's a good thing that you maxed it out right after you got it so it can be fixed for free while it's under warranty. Also it seems like there are many Sager fanboys running around all over the forums that nothing is good enough. ASUS sux, Dell sux, HP sux, Toshiba sux, Gateway sux, as long as you buy some never heard of Sager that is slightly cheaper (maybe for a reason) they will love you.

 

wait this stress test could have had other variables affect the outcome.... such as the undervolting for one. have you tried this again without undervolting?

also did u overclock ?

u need to stress test first right out of the box with no modifications done.

 

I don't do gaming on my laptops. The only 3-D I used is MCAD software. BTW, the tech who replaced the M1330 motherboard put Artic Silver instead of Dell thermal pad. I also added a copper shim on the GPU for better heat conduction. There is a link showing you how to do it here.

As for my M1530, I removed existing thermal paste and replaced it with Artic Silver.