My m1530 reached 90 degrees celcius when playing left 4 dead

i just discovered this recently after running left 4 dead on my computer. every 5-10 min when playing the game, everything would slow down and become a slide show for about 10-20 seconds before returning back to normal. i assume this is because of my GPU/CPU becoming too hot and they were downclocked to prevent damage to the motherboard. do i need to be worried?

 

Have you updated the BIOS?

 

my bios is the latest version.

 

I had the same problem while playing graphics intensive games also. I replaced the dell stock thermal compound with mx-2 and that shaved off a few degrees. I also raise the rear of my laptop to allow more airflow into the vent and my gpu no longer gets hot enough to downclock.

 

I even got to 95°C when playing left 4 dead, I contacted Dell and I'm getting a new Motherboard. Lets hope it helps.

 

so my best bet now would be to request for a new motherboard?

 

Clean the fans and intake/exhaust vents of dust if you havent. Thats the only thing you should do before contacting Dell. It should be done quite regularly and in extreme cases (ie when totally clogged with months worth of dust) can definitely make a huge difference.

If that doesnt work, definitely contact Dell.

 

how do i clean my laptop? i tried googling and there isn't any result that gives detailed information on how i should go about doing it...

 

i give up trying to clean up this man the retardedly small screws on the back of my laptop wont even want to get out. so i used a blow dryer to blast at the vents but nothing came out either. i guess im just gonna give dell a ring and ask them to replace my motherboard and at the same time my defective gpu is fixed.

 

Whoa 91'C ?

You have gotta be careful. As a comparison, my temperature only got up to 78'C using Cooler Master Notepal Infinite cooling pad and its summer time in Australia.

Call dell up

 

had the same problem, my m1530 even turned off after an hour of intensive playing any recent graphicly advanced game - crysis, GTA4, mass effect even if I raise the back of the laptop so it doesn't suck warm air from the hot table... so they replaced my motherboard and...... it didn't help
so it may be a faulty sinkheat too or I didn't know what else could cause it
didn't call them since though but soon I will if it doesn't stop

 

Hello, im new in the forum, i have the same problem from the vga with the notebook, my temps are 66c-70c using, and when playing ragnarok online, quake 3, or other old game the temps are at 95-105c, i cannot even put my hand in the palm rest and below is untouchable that if i put my hands they burn me, i want to play UT3 but i cannot because i dont want to fry my M1530

 

I had pretty much similar temperatures to the OP's about 2 weeks ago playing the exact same game. I contacted tech support and they made me run some diagnostics from the BIOS and stuff. When I told him that everything had passed he told me to update the BIOS, at which point I told him i was running the latest version. He told me he would ship a new motherboard out.

Well, the dell tech came and put in the new motherboard, but my touchpad stopped working. I showed him some pictures of my temperatures while he was on the phone with Dell and they sent a new palm rest and a new CPU. Temps now get to about 75 celsius max and my palm rest is brand new. :3

The point is that you should get the motherboard replaced, but if you elect to mention your high CPU temps as well, they might send you a new processor along with a new motherboard. Dell's really good with customer service/support and you should really take advantage of it, especially if you paid for a 2 or 3 year warranty.