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    How do I stop over-heating?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by NorrecV, Jul 13, 2008.

  1. NorrecV

    NorrecV Newbie

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    I have a dell Inspiron E1705 and I think it may be overheating. I'm using an application called I8kfanGUI to monitor it. This is what it tells me:

    Cpu - Core1/2: 60/60 C, this will go up to around 80 and peak at 90-95 when I'm playing games.

    GPU - 59C, I have a Geforce Go 7900GS.

    Memory - 52C, I have 2 gigs of ram.

    Chipset - 47C

    Hard Drive - 37C

    I'm most worried about the CPU and GPU. I have the laptop elevated with a... wood thing that has two peices of wood along the front and back with the middle and sides left open. I also have a small fan blowing in from the side. How do I know if the temperatures are too high? Also, how do I get into the fans to clean out dust?
     
    NorrecV, Jul 13, 2008
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    clolo Notebook Enthusiast

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  3. theintrepidfox

    theintrepidfox Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi

    If you want to open and clean your machine here's the service manual: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins9400/en/index.htm

    I did it just yesterday and it was pretty straightforward. I'm not using any temperature measuring apps but noticed that the keyboard and the machine in general got hotter than usual. Lots of dirt under the keyboard keys, falling into machine. Large dust collection at the front speakers. Fan itself looked fine but heatsink looked a bit clogged up. Its much cooler now. Just as an extra precaution, diconnect the fan from the board as rotating motors generate electricity and may damage it. Maybe I'm just supersticious but better safe than sorry. Whole process took me two hours of which I spent around 1 hr cleaning the keyboard - No hoover!! Use a hairdryer on cold to not damage the keys and blow dust, crumbs and other stuff out.

    PS: If you got cats you will be surprised how much hair gets sucked into a machine.

    Hth
     
    theintrepidfox, Jul 13, 2008
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  4. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Also, take a look at the NBR cooling central. Even though your temps look fine(load/gaming temps are a little worrisome), you should definitely clean out the dust(and other stuff) since it builds up. Also if you haven't already, undervolt your processor(it is easy, safe and will reduce your cpu temps-there is a guide in the cooling central)
     
    Kdawgca, Jul 14, 2008
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    95 C ? Your room is a furnace.
     
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    Alright its been a while but I finally got around to cleaning out the fans and it helped a lot. According to I8kfanGUI I"m downa roudn 38C instead of the 60's! When I finally got into the thing the fan itself looked alright but in the area between the fan and the outside world(the little exhaust vent) was a solid pad of dust. It looked like someone had stuffed a grey peice of cotton into both vents.

    Now the computer will get up to around 67C but then the fan kicks in and it goes down to 45C or less. Then it starts to go up again real slow untill the fan starts and sends it back down right quick.
     
    NorrecV, Aug 14, 2008
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