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    High cpu temps. (inspiron 9400)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Skawtish, May 11, 2007.

  1. Skawtish

    Skawtish Notebook Consultant

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    Well basically i downloaded 'notebook hardware control' because i was intrested to see the temps of my cpu, and i think they are worryingly high.
    At the moment all i am doing is typing this post and running HNC and the cpu temp is 50c, about 5 minutes ago all i was doing was browsing ebay and it was all the way up at 66c.
    do i have a problem? should i phone dell?

    edit: fan came on for about a minute and didn't seem to change the temp, it's now climbed back up to 67c... should i phone dell?
     
    Skawtish, May 11, 2007
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  2. mujtaba

    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    How long have you had your laptop ? How much dust could have gotten into the laptop ?
    Well, my idle CPU temp is 51 and when stressed enough it even hits 80.
    I don't think it's dangerous for the CPU
     
    mujtaba, May 11, 2007
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  3. Skawtish

    Skawtish Notebook Consultant

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    i've not had it long, almost a month.
    my room is pretty dusty. i never dust :(.
     
    Skawtish, May 11, 2007
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    sc32valve Notebook Guru

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    Yea, mine regularly sits around 80-81C when playing a game like C&C 3 or encoding just about anything major.
     
    sc32valve, May 11, 2007
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  5. mujtaba

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    Well then, make sure you clean the laptop from time to time.You can see the instructions in the cooling guide.I think the two ways are to use compressed air cans or to open the thing and clean it physically.
     
    mujtaba, May 11, 2007
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