Inspiron E1705 Question

I have had my Inspiron E1705 a little over three years now.

Is there a way for me to tell what the internal temperatures are?

Sometime when on the internet, the bottom of the laptop gets very warm, and I seem to have a problem with pages loading until it cools down a bit.

About a year ago, my onboard sound quit, and Dell ending up sending a technician to my location and replaced my motherboard. Could excessive heat caused premature failure of the m/b?

Also, is there a way of manually controlling the internal fans to run more often than they do?

Thanks

 

try this from CPUID, its called HW Monitor.

the standard version only monitor the temperature.

the pro version i think, is able to mess around with the fan and such.

http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

excessive heat could cause premature failure, but the heat should usually be very very high, like 60/70degress C.

there is something called speedfan.

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

never try em though, as i'm always afraid of messing with my computer.

in my opinion, if the laptop is more than 3 or 5 years old, it is a good idea to start thinking of replacing your laptop if its start giving you trouble. replacing notebook parts outside of warranty is usually awfully expensive and not worth it, as it does not guarantee to fix the problem, and you might have to throw more money repairing it.

 

Is there any standard installed temp monitors with XP already?

Actually is is a dammed good computer, I just want to see if I can do better with monitoring/controlling the heat.

I still have another year left on the extended warranty, so not so worried about repair issues.

 

you can download core temp....will tell ya cpu temp-
http://download.cnet.com/Core-Temp/3000-12565_4-10794077.html

 

3 year old computer usually has worn out motherboard and heatsink or gpu.
probably its time to replace those parts again.
e1705 is a cool running comp, if it gets too hot on internet browsing only,
it just sounds alarm for repairs.

 

I have been watching the temps for a few hours now.

48-52 seems to be the range, is that normal?

 

unfortunately no.

you dont need to install HW Monitor. it is just an executable program. it will not install or change or modify your system in any way. it will create a preference file in the folder where the program is saved, and that the only thing that it will create. to remove the program, just delete it to recycle bin.

that is a very normal, idle temperature. it is on the normal/cool kind of scale. the notebook usually runs as high up to 70/80Celcius. the processor usually has limit of 100c.

the problem might be your wireless card perhaps?

 

I also recommend HWMonitor as a good temperature utility. As wobble987 said, you don't even install it, you just run the .exe file once you download it, and it doesn't do anything to your system; it's a passive monitoring tool. And no, Windows does not have any integrated temperature monitors.

Your idle temps are around 50C...that's slightly on the warm side, but still safe. Then again, I'm used to 33C idle, so maybe I'm spoiled.

But yeah, I wouldn't say it's a problem unless you're idling at 60+. And even under load, most notebooks still work safely above 90C, although preferably only for short periods of time.

 

Well if you need to replace the E1705 Motherboard, PM me. I have a spare motherboard (WH277), you gave name a reasonable price. It doesn't have a built in video card, so its not integrated.