Fan running at high, laptop cool?

So I know I made another thread about over heating, but it's not drawing that much attention.

A few days ago my Inspiron 1420 was crashing due to overheating (I've had it for a year and a half). Dell came out, replaced the motherboard, and things were fine until it started overheating AGAIN a few hours after the techie left. Dell came out the next day with a new hard drive, heatsink and fan.

So I've been abusing my laptop ever since the techie left seeing if the problem is fixed. But one thing is really confusing. The laptop is luke warm (more to the side of "cool" actually) when I'm playing something graphic intensive, but a program is telling me the temps of my GPU, and it's almost always above 100* Celcius. In addition, the fan is running on a very high and loud speed, but the laptop is on a cool non-pillow/blanket surface with NO dust inside and vents clear of objects. The air being blown out of the side is luke warm, not hot.

Could this be a software issue? I've heard that the BIOS controls the fan, but I don't want to do anything that will jeopardize my warranty (the only thing keeping me from throwing this thing out). Any ideas? Dell has replaced practically every single part except for the CPU.

 

The BIOS controls the Fan depending on internal temperature.

If the GPU is running at 100degrees celsius then something is wrong somewhere, it should be under 50 celsius under load.

It could be the software you are using to get the GPU temps, try HWMontior to get temps.

If they are still high then there is definitely something wrong with the GPU cooling, software or the actual GPU itself.

 

My laptop 1737 always stays cool I must have either a very good CPU. One that can be undervolted etc so its not always hot. But I am not undervolting at all. my fans rarely kick in. When I updated my BIOS from A04 to A06 the fans kicked in to Max and it was louder or as load as a hair drier.

Also when using GPU intensive Aps which require AF or AA, fans kick in on low cool down and thats it. Avergae temps are 34 to 39C

the Orthos stess test did make the CPU kick in and even though the CPU is rated 2.53Ghz CPUZ during testing and tons of aps open and HD video the chip goes over 2.6Ghz all on its own.

Probably one of those really really good CPU's from the factory that is rated above 2.53Ghz but they clocked it at 2.53Ghz so for it to do 2.53Ghz is no sweat.

unlike some other chips which 2.53Ghz or what ever they are rated to be struggle to reach it max. Because not all CPU even of the same batch are not identical.

 

I'm using GPU-Z and HWmonitor and they're both reading the same thing. Pretty much everything is new and my BIOS version is A10 (the newest one I think). I'm calling dell tomorrow to see what else they can do, but I"m really at a loss for words.

 

Typically with Dell notebooks you cannot control the fan speeds in the BIOS as jid mentioned. It is typically controlled via the BIOS, but often this is not a user changeable setting.

GPUs can often exceed 50 degrees celsius, and it there would be nothing wrong with this at all. In fact my HD 4330 often hits 70 degrees when under load. I would suggest that 100 is a bit high though. It's would still be safe, but just very hot and I think you'd be right to speak to Dell. If it was your CPU that was hitting 100 Celsius then that would be more of a concern, I'd probably say turn your notebook off and don't turn it back on until you've spoken with Dell if that was the case.

Ice Colds comments are concerning your CPU, so you can safely ignore them as you've said the problems are with your GPU.

If your notebook is cool though, and I mean everywhere, like underneath it too, then it's possible that it's a dodgy temperature sensor perhaps.

 

Temperature sensor...I haven't thought about that yet. And yes, the laptop is completely cool EVERYWHERE. It's so weird...I mean, I can understand if you're gaming for a few hours and the vents are blocked or something and the GPU exceeds 100 degree temperatures, but the second I start up any kind of game, it jumps from low 60s to low 100s.

I've already started looking at other laptops because honestly I don't know if Dell can do anything about this other than replacing it or giving me some kind of coupon towards a a new one. Arg

 

Hi all,

I have the same problem, I think.
I have a Studio 1737 that was running cool as could be, meaning I barely if ever heard the fan.

Now since the A07 BIOS update
(I went looking for the A06, and they had the A07 in drivers download)
My fan has been running on high the whole time, since then.

The reason I decided to do the A07, is it stated support for Windows 7
(which I am running the RC version of now)
It's great that all the issues I had with, Windows 7 and bluetooth, are now history, but this fan running on high is another thing.

Anyone else experience this ?

If so, what did you do about it?

I noticed that the BIOS updater did save my A04 bios somewhere, but I have no idea how to retrieve it, or flash it back, if that even ends up being necessary.


Kind Regards,

Dejavu


PS. anyone have the A04 BIOS I can download for the Studio 1737?
I would rather go back to occasional bluetooth issues with the BH-200 headphones/headset, then hear this fan day & night!