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    E1505 temperatures

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by LeVeL, Jul 26, 2009.

  1. LeVeL

    LeVeL Newbie

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    I got the blue screen of death last week. Found it when I got up in the morning and the laptop was very hot. Same thing happened the following night. Then nothing until earlier tonight. Its been really hot and humid lately so I'm thinking it might be the heat (I know, I know - I'll write down exactly what the BSOD says if it happens again). Anyways, I got SpeedFan, and these are the readings (comp has been on for about 10 minutes after BSOD):

    HD0: 50C
    Temp1: 63C
    Core0: 45C
    Core1: 40C
    Core: 56C

    Are these normal?
     
    LeVeL, Jul 26, 2009
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  2. hurley81388

    hurley81388 Notebook Enthusiast

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    the processor temps seem a little high but okay...processors can run quite hot (generally up to at least 70C or so). however, if the hard drive is at 50C that is bad. hard drives are much more sensitive to temperature than processors
     
    hurley81388, Jul 26, 2009
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  3. LeVeL

    LeVeL Newbie

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    ah, thanks. I'll tear it apart tonight and clean out the dust, as I'm guessing that that's what causing it, seeing as the laptop has been on for the last 3 years (with restarts of course but very few days when completely off for prolonged periods of time)
     
    LeVeL, Jul 27, 2009
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  4. hurley81388

    hurley81388 Notebook Enthusiast

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    no problem. i wouldn't worry too too much about it though. my 4 year old inspiron 700m runs ridiculously hot (you can burn yourself by touching the fan vents) and often shuts itself off from the heat but is still going strong after 4 years of some pretty intense computing. good luck!
     
    hurley81388, Jul 27, 2009
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    download I8KFANGUI, you can use it to control the fan speed in your laptop.
    I have it set to "Force fans to full"
    My T7400 never breaks 135F at full cpu load.
    my gpu peaks around 120F (ATi X1400)
    harddrive (Hitachi 7K320) peaks around 123F

    You can use CPU Rightmark (RMCLOCK) to undervolt your processor

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jul 27, 2009
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  6. LeVeL

    LeVeL Newbie

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    I looked at S.M.A.R.T. and got this worrying line:

    Load Cycle Count 1 1441809 Watch
    Warning: Load Cycle Count is below the average limits (32-100).

    From what I gather, an average laptop's life span is 200k-600k cycles. Mine is at 1.4mil. Should I be worried? Also, about 4 months ago I could have sworn that it was clicking so I backed everything up but then it ran fine since :confused:
     
    LeVeL, Jul 28, 2009
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  7. karan1003

    karan1003 Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't know for sure but I think that hardware improvements since then have increased lifespan. That being said, i wouldn't risk anything and i would find a way to back up information immediately.
     
    karan1003, Jul 28, 2009
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