NC 1000 brings my M1330 below 90C for the first time in crysis!

Just got my Zalman nc1000 today, and I plugged it in and played my most demanding game installed, Crysis. At first I was a bit disappointed. The temps only lowered by 2 degrees, hardly enough to justify my purchase!

Then I noticed that the cooler draws in air from the bottom, and its pretty tight there. So i stuck something and prop the cooler up, and now its running at 88C max, after an hour of play. I also pushed the notebook forward, so a fair bit of it is hanging over the cooler. This so that the vents can at least hit the notebook fan.

I noticed the game runs much smoother now, and I guess that is probably the GPU running at full throttle instead of downclocking everytime it goes above 90C.

 

try blowing out your notebook's fan

 

I tried that, but when I was removing the screw i accidentally worn out one of them. Now I don't know how to remove that screw anymore, I'm scared any further attempts will wear it out even more.

Any ideas?

 

Try using a small flathead screwdriver on it, you can usually wedge it in a bit more than a crosshead to get some grip. You'll probably have to replace the screw afterwards though!

 

just shut down notebook, remove any power source (battery and ac) then hold power button for 10 seconds. From there blow air with compressed air through the fan exhaust and where air is sucked in. Should do enough.

Also undervolting may help

 

Ok, I just cleaned out the vents. Hope there's an improvement!

I also have undervolting, its reduces my processor temps ALOT.

No luck with the screw though, the damage is pretty bad. I have no idea what to say to the next dell service technician who needs to open it up heheh.

 

Plead the 5th I have had a couple similar instances with my last Acer and had no issues. I have found Dell to be pretty flexible with their support anyways.