my xps m1530 keeps overheating and turns off by itself

whenever i play even a little bit demanding games like counter strike source, my computer starts to get hot and turns off by itself. it has happened with left 4 dead 2 and sims 3. is there way to fix this problem? any help would be appreciated.

 

Are you still within your warranty? If not, when did your warranty expire?

Adam

 

Also, what temps are you showing? You can try to alleviate a bit of the problem by blasting out the vents/fan, etc, with compressed air : )


Cin...

 

i dont think im under warranty anymore and how would you check out your computer's temp?

 

your outta luck you prob have a defective nvidia GPU... it should fail soon.

 

Might still be covered under the extended gpu warranty though.

 

Did you have just the Standard 1 Year Warranty on your 1530? Or, also an Extended Warranty? You can check when your warranty expired, buy going to dell.com, going into your account, and plugging in your Service Tag, under Warranty Information > Warranty Status. It will give you a System Summary, Configuration, Warranty Start/Expiration, etc

Also, for example if your standard warranty ended on say 1/1/10 for your lappy', then the Nvidia Extended 1 Year warranty was extended for your 1530 from 1/1/10 thru 1/1/11. Here is the LINK on the Nvidia Warranty Extn.

You can DL HW Monitor to check out your temps, if you want. Is lightweight, and nice & easy to use.

Cin...

 

i think im still under gpu warranty, so what should i do?

 

Email dell technical support

Adam

 

what should i say? should i tell them my gpu overheats and what would they do?

 

They will replace the motherboard, heatsink and fan. If the problem still occurs, reply to them stating this.

Adam