How much warm is ur m1330 ?

Mine gets pretty warm on the left side. Its not hot but warm enough to feel the heat. Right side is fine. Anybody experiencing this ?

Btw I am plugged in to AC power and running bios version A06. Any connections ? Any solutions ?

 

I can only assume you mean under the palm rest. Your HD is under the left side of the palm rest and will therefore get hotter than the right side.

Normal operation.

 

No not under palm rest but at the bottom. Palm rest gets warm too but is at acceptable levels. I am aware that HD is on left....but it gets warm enough to feel uneasy when placed on lap...!!

anything to do with A06 ?

 

It's a powerful machine in a small package. It will generate some heat, and it's normal.

 

Agreed!

If I remember correctly, the CPU, heatsink, and fan are all on the left side too.

If you're really that concerned, check the actual temp of your CPU/GPU and compare it with others.

 

I will do that. Can u plz tell how that should be done ? Thanks

 

First you start by hitting the SEARCH button!

 

and THEN you stop using your computer on your lap and instead use it on a hard surface that allows free flow of air and isn't sitting on a heat-retaining-surface like your lap.

 

i notice you are running the bios a06 - can you tell us if the fan is running continuously or otherwise?

 

No it doesn't run continuously.....everything was normal....but a continuous clicking noise from HD......but apparently found on this forum how to get rid of that.....!!

 

I got an replacement M1330 this weekend and the cooling solution between the two M1330's differs a little bit. Both M1330's has the A06 bios, but the replacement system has a Rev.01 cooling solution (heat sink) and use the fan more = more noise. It seems, by comparing the two cooling solutions, that the new one has less heatsink than the old one.


Heatsink Rev.00 - Uses a Sunon fan.


Heatsink Rev.01 - Uses a Forcecon fan.

// X

 

I just found your post and I recently also came across the fact that there are (at least) two different cooling solutions! Heck, even the Dell Service Manuals have used both types in their illustrations ( I've ripped a pic of each)!

But the fact is that I have the second HSF (your "A01" HSF) and another member, Jaycee, has the first solution - BUT, it's also labeled "A01": talk about utterly confusing...

I would have thought that the A06 BIOS revision was the cause of the extra "RPM" but seeing as you had that BIOS on both units, it could be the different fans. You can't select a fan's RPM, you can only select the percentage of voltage to supply it with, so two fans supplied with the same voltage can none the less produce different sounds.

I don't suppose you got the chance to compare the temps (using nTune, RivaTuner, 18kfanGUI, etc.) between the two?

 

Yeah mine gets a lot warmer than I like, and this is with a SSD!

Temp is idling around 40 degrees Celsius--at least that's what my battery app is telling me. I really wanted a Penryn just to kill this temp thing.

 

...and this is based on what ambient temp?

A CORE temp of 40C is fine. Actually, the best figure I ever saw mine hit was 36C w/22C ambient (and it was really idle - not even a browser window open). The minute you wiggle the mouse, that 36 turns into a 40, so same difference.

Hell, I was strolling around Granada (Spain) in 44C, so if I can live with such temps, so can your CPU(s)

 

You are right, 40 degrees is not bad at all for the T7500, but I could feel it instinctively being hotter than it was being reported. Turns out that TMT's battery app is not giving updated temp readings, not sure if it is the app or the hardware. When I rebooted, the temp jumped to about 60 degrees.

I still think it is hotter than it should be.

 

I'm not familiar with that app but I can certainly recommend RivaTuner as a good alternative. It's relatively easy to install and the monitoring tool is above average. Just make sure to download the Dual Core plugin so that you can monitor the CPU cores too.

P.S. Booting a PC is very intensive and right after booting & loading the OS as well as a number of TSR apps, the CPUs will definately be quiet a bit hotter then @idle.

Oh, and btw, I was in transit in Dubai on the way to Australia last year - talk about the largest Duty-Free shopping center I've ever seen... (almost bought a Sony VAIO there, lol )