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    Inspiron 1520 Overheating....

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ps2cho, Dec 7, 2008.

  1. ps2cho

    ps2cho Notebook Evangelist

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    Laptop just overheated while playing Left4Dead.

    According to CoreTemp I am idling at 60c right now....

    Does that seem too high? I bet I'm at 90c while gaming. I saw 81c but that was about a minute after I closed Command and Conquer.
     
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    frazell Notebook Deity

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    Clean the dust out of your machine maybe?
     
    frazell, Dec 7, 2008
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  3. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    SmoothTofu, Dec 7, 2008
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  4. ps2cho

    ps2cho Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm cleaning my heatsink right now.

    Quick question -- Should I be applying any thermal paste to the northbridge? It has this stock thin blue pad on it that is raised....Should I put a thin layer of paste on that or leave it?

    I don't believe my T5250 supports undervolting. IIRC I tried this a while back to no avail. As far as I know its only for the T7x00 series processors
     
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    I'd leave the northbridge alone and just make sure the heatsink is cleared of dust. If possible try to elevate your notebook so that there is airflow through the fan.

    Have you tried RM Clock? That would allow you to undervolt your CPU.
     
    atbnet, Dec 7, 2008
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