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    E1705 heat problems?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Hippo, Apr 22, 2006.

  1. Hippo

    Hippo Newbie

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    My E1705's 7800 seems to be at an almost-constant 70C or above, according to the temperature settings. I've tried it with both Dell's drivers and the MobileForce ones and haven't noticed any difference. Underclocking the 2D settings (to 70/400) seems to lower it by a few degrees but that's about it. Should I invest in an external cooling solution, or...? I feel bad when the GPU is at such a high temperature :(
     
    Hippo, Apr 22, 2006
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  2. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I had the same issue with my E1705. Using Everest and only surfing the net, I found the GPU would hang around 70 c and within 60-90 seconds climb to 81-82 c at which point the fans would kick on full bore. They would stay on for approx 20-30 seconds and then shut off once the GPU cooled to 70 c. As soon as the fans shut off, the temp would start climbing. This process repeated the entire time the unit was on.

    After the electrical buzzing issue and this heat issue I was finally able to get Dell to agree to a replacement system.

    A tech was sent out to replace the motherboard and I was able to see the GPU up close. They thermal solution from the factory is pathetic. This thick rubber looking square. It was all hard. No wonder the thing was heating up.

    BTW, I was/am using the Dell default nVidia drivers.

    The tech mentioned to me he's replaced a few 7800's on the E1705 - heat problems. Maybe some of them were faulty or the way they were installed --- only the shadow knows.
     
    BatBoy, Apr 22, 2006
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  3. Shaolin_sword36

    Shaolin_sword36 Notebook Enthusiast

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    A05 Bios made mine really hot...A04 is slightly better but it goes on on heavy load.
     
    Shaolin_sword36, Apr 22, 2006
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  4. xAMDvsIntelx

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    Hmm....

    I'm still running off of A00 and my core temps. are around 65 degrees centigrade. I should also mention I installed Nvidia's Beta 84.20 graphics driver.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Apr 22, 2006
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  5. BatBoy

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    A05?? A04?? Where are you getting that? Dell's driver page for the E1705/9400 BIOS only has A01 available...


     
    BatBoy, Apr 22, 2006
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  6. BatBoy

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    84.20? :) Where are you getting that one? Are you talking about the TweaksRUs driver or another one? The nVidia website only lists 81.87 for the GeForce Go Beta driver...



     
    BatBoy, Apr 22, 2006
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  7. Acolyte

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    Yeah, they may use a cheap thermal pad, but why the hell does the BIOS wait until 82C to turn the GPU fan on? It woud help if we knew the SAFE temps for this GPU....I have set i9kfangui to run both CPU and GPU fans on SLOW all the time. I will see if this may make the laptop usable.
     
    Acolyte, May 19, 2006
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    I have the same problem
     
    gridtalker, May 19, 2006
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  9. Acolyte

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    Hmmmm...maybe a rollback on BIOS is a possibility
     
    Acolyte, May 19, 2006
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