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    Is there an overheating issue with Inspiron N5010?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gr3nhorn, Jun 6, 2011.

  1. gr3nhorn

    gr3nhorn Newbie

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    A bunch of my classmates had bought Inspiron 15R's , and almost all of the models with GPU's (5470) had experienced overheating issues. They idle pretty hot in the first place (60~70 degrees C) and shut down after long periods of heavy usage , and simply refuse to restart ( for me this stopped after a firmware update), but the high temperature readings continue. A friend got a replacement motherboard, but the refurb motherboard was DOA, so the tech just reapplied thermal paste, and it was all good. His laptop idles at 30 something degrees C ( and his city is a lot hotter than mine)

    There appear to be a lot of similar complaints on the dell forums. I wanted to know if anybody had faced the same here. I was planning to just reapply thermal paste for now, and see if it holds, or should i get a mobo replacement/are there bigger problems?
     
    gr3nhorn, Jun 6, 2011
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    I don't think there is an overheating issue, but the cooler system is definitely not up to par cooling the Clarksfield i7s + the discreet graphics offered. It's like 1 heatpipe to cool everything (not a good idea, my Vostro 1500 has 1 massive heatpipe for CPU and another for the GPU).
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 6, 2011
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  3. Kaloo

    Kaloo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi

    I think there is a design problem as the fan is running very fast and loud. Temp of the cpu is in between 55 and 65 very quickly. Had regular locks up (once a day or 2 average) but not due to high temp might have to reinstall system.
     
    Kaloo, Jun 14, 2011
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    ngkhanmein, Jun 22, 2011
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    I have found the stock thermal paste used on most computers is crap.

    A fresh application of some decent stuff like AS5 etc will very likely = an noticeable decrease in temps on both the CPU and GPU
     
    dave-p, Jun 23, 2011
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    Savaga Notebook Guru

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    My N5010 i7 idles around 55 to 60 ... but when gaming ... in Summer its going up to a maximum of 106 Deg Cel when playing BF BC 2 ... in Winter ... it stays a max of around 88 Deg Cel. It is normal for this model to overheat I guess. .. PS. my card is HD5650 not HD5470
     
    Savaga, Jun 27, 2011
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    i show that link not to prove HD5650 problem.. i mean N5010 user face this kinda problem not GPU but CPU get high when we click game at start there.. when just switch on the lappy then u tried click it.. CPU shouldn't more than 80 is safer if more than it not safe for long time.. dunno when spoil nia... maybe can last all depend.. mine GPU OC or w/o OC aslo won't get more than 69.. i using HD5650 not HD5470.. i wanna highlight every N5010 user got this issue..
     
    ngkhanmein, Jun 28, 2011
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