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    Possbible fix for M1330 breakage

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Thom4s, Apr 25, 2010.

  1. Thom4s

    Thom4s Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I'm new on the forums, I own a Dell XPS M1330 and it has broken 2 times. Once the GPU thing the other time everything was broken (hard drive, cd drive, gpu etc...). On a sidenote, I was very happy with the support.

    Anyway, what I noticed that my fan was always blowing louder and louder, especiallyin warm summer months.

    To make things short, I bought an aircan, opened up the CPU compartiment and blew all dust out. The stuff that came out was unbelievable! After that it again ran very silent, and never became really hot.

    I now blow out the dust about once a month and never had any issues. I know the GPU has a problem with hot/cold cycles, but there's a remarkable amount of people having chips fried or other hardware broken. I think a lot of this can be prevented by frequent dust cleaning. The only proper way to do this is by removing the CPU cover, holding the fan (your air may not turn it) and blowing through the vent hole at the back. Blow in both ways, also clean the fan (turn it with your fingers, and spray air on it, never make the air turn the fan or you will break it).

    I can not imagine a laptop getting even slightly hot or even warm while doing day to day surfing and bussiness work with a clean fan. Mine doesn't anyway. I have the intel 2.4gighz and 8400gs, so it's not the coolest of hardware. It runs warm while gaming but not hot. I can play burnout paradise, css etc... fine (of course with low settings).
     
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    prBrianpr Notebook Consultant

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    same here. Also I make the copper mod and it runs smooth. The outside temp influences a lot. Ex. Here in PR outside temps can get 85F-90F so if you use the PC outside playing the fan will run on high. If yo go inside a building with Air conditioner the temp will be 75F-79F and you dont notice the fan.
     
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