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    M1530 gpu is extremely hot

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Darkian, Feb 20, 2008.

  1. Darkian

    Darkian Notebook Guru

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    my gpu temp is 68c when nothing is happening.....
     
    Darkian, Feb 20, 2008
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That is perfectly fine. A little warm, but not bad.
     
    Greg, Feb 20, 2008
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    on idle? and 43% of my memory is used on idle and i have the 3 gig one -_-
     
    Darkian, Feb 20, 2008
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    Vista always holds up half the memory. You can have a 2 gagillion GB of RAM, Vista will still use half of it.
     
    Lithus, Feb 20, 2008
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    Your memory usage and GPU temp are not unusual. My GPU temp fluctuates at idle. The fan kicks in at about 69 degrees. When does your fan turn on?
     
    Smoothieboy, Feb 20, 2008
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    Mine seems to always be on , the fan. How do you stop that?
    Is there a way?
     
    msjaneoly, Feb 20, 2008
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    i think its always on too -_- and how hot is too hot anyways? and i am using a 9 cell battery so doesn't it suppose to make the laptop cooler?
     
    Darkian, Feb 20, 2008
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    And what would it get to under load?

    Although i'm not using an M1530, my GPU stays at a constant 50C. And when gaming, raises to 60C.
     
    TimeFrame, Feb 21, 2008
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  9. msjaneoly

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    It drives me crazy the constant like humming and vibrating on the wrist rests.
    Not hot at all.
    I'd get a replacement but not sure the new one would do the same thing.
    gosh....
     
    msjaneoly, Feb 21, 2008
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    i have %27 ram used on startup, the temp is a little unusual...buy a notebook cooler it'll defenately help..
     
    imar3l, Feb 21, 2008
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    i don't want to carry the notebook cooler around me all the time -_-
     
    Darkian, Feb 22, 2008
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    oh and does the 1440 screen run a lot cooler than 16xx?
     
    Darkian, Feb 22, 2008
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    Yeh mine goes up to 72 before the fan kicks in, i think its a problem, but dell havent fixed it yet. They did a diagnostics test which said it wasn't a hardware issue, smeone suggested it could be a poorly placed heatsink
     
    chocolambot, Apr 23, 2008
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