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    XPS M1330 cooling pads?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by CPUSpeedman07, Jun 8, 2008.

  1. CPUSpeedman07

    CPUSpeedman07 Notebook Guru

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    Hi everyone, I got my wife an m1330, and she has been playing the sims 2, but the machine is getting way too hot. I have noticed several threads where guys talk about opening up their machines and messing with the cooling, but I feel nowhere near comfortable enough to do that.

    Have any of you tried using a cooling pad? If so, what do you use and where did you get it? I've looked at a few pads on coolerguys here http://www.coolerguys.com/noco.html. Any recommendations?
     
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    cooling pad would probably lower temps by 2-5degrees, not that much

    its probably better to play games on an even surface with ventilation, or even underclock the CPU/GPU

    the 9-cell battery raises the back of the notebook(where the fan is), it helps too....
     
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  3. Smoothieboy

    Smoothieboy Notebook Consultant

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    What temp is it maxing out at?
     
    Smoothieboy, Jun 8, 2008
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    boypogi Man Beast

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    even though its a little big, get the nc1000
     
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  5. CPUSpeedman07

    CPUSpeedman07 Notebook Guru

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    I can't say what it's maxing out at right now, but she says it's been almost burning her leg. Have you tried the nc1000?
     
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    Therein lies the problem; if she's going to have it on her lap when gaming, then it's going to get very hot. As noted above, place it on an even, hard surface, and you should notice a difference.
     
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    Kreeeee Notebook Evangelist

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    The nc1000 dropped my peak GPU temp by 9 degrees.
     
    Kreeeee, Jun 9, 2008
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