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    The rapid on/off fan problem just surfaced on my L502x as well

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by lamer01, Apr 23, 2011.

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    lamer01 Notebook Consultant

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    I have the latest 270.61 drivers. Laptop was fine until this morning. I think I know what the problem is. Using Nvidia inspector I can see that the GPU is not downclocking itself. It stays at full speed even though there's nothing obvious that may be pushing it (GPU load is at 0%). The GPU was working fine until last night. The only thing I installed that may be causing this is that I downloaded and Installed Steam and Metro 2033 yesterday.
     
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