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    Studio 1537 Heat

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by T1ger5, Jan 20, 2009.

  1. T1ger5

    T1ger5 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Studio 1537 with a 3450 graphics card, 500GB HDD, 4GB Ram and a T9400 CPU. After around 20 mintues of the laptop being on the area surounding the touchpad gets quite warm.

    Is there anyway to reduce the tempurature?
     
    T1ger5, Jan 20, 2009
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    You can try undervolting your processor, but if you aren't putting much load on the processor in those twenty minutes, it probably won't help too much. What qualifies as "warm" here?
     
    Commander Wolf, Jan 20, 2009
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  3. drfelip

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    You could try to update your BIOS. Maybe the fan settings are not optimal in your BIOS version.
     
    drfelip, Jan 21, 2009
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    If you think this is hot, try an hp Dv2xxx series. But I don't think anything will help the palm rest get cooler really, except a notebook cooler. The ram slot is right under the left palm rest.
     
    FatMangosLAWL, Jan 21, 2009
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    ...and the hard drive is under the right! :D
     
    JazzMX5, Jan 22, 2009
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    I have 1537 as well, integrated graphic card. After about one hour, what I did is only surfing internet, word processing,

    AND left palmrest gets warm (or hot) that I do not wish to continue to type anymore!!!!!

    I hate it so much
     
    stanbeck, Jul 21, 2009
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  7. drfelip

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    Maybe you are using the "high performance" battery profile? That forces high % of CPU utilisation and could explain the high temperatures. Also watch than nothing has obstructed the vents.
     
    drfelip, Jul 22, 2009
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  8. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    High Performance mode does not force high CPU use. Intel SpeedStep still works, and underclocks the processor when it's not being used 100%.

    Stanbeck, you may want to try undervolting. You really have nothing to lose, and it can lower your temperatures.
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 22, 2009
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    sure But running on High Performance keeps the voltage up , at least thats what CPUID shows. And Intel SpeedStep does still kick in. I know that running CPUID. With the T9400 set to High Performance. It shows during times of high stress, like many programs and resizing windows while running 720p video. The T9400 although its clocked at 2.53Ghz will run at 2.62 and 2.69, Is CPUID reporting accurate data? But it is cool to see it TurboBoost like that.

    On a side note I would like to try under volting, but that depends on my CPU wafer in a batch of 50 T9400 chips some will run stable at a lower voltage than others, its a random luck draw.
     
    Ice Cold, Jul 22, 2009
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