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    Studio 1555 high cpu temps?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bigfish, Apr 12, 2010.

  1. bigfish

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    Hi,

    Running a t6600 2.2ghz c2d.

    Wondering if these temps are acceptable in a laptop or not?
    Temps idling 3-10% cpu = 57-67C
    Fan feels the need to go into hairdryer mode every 5 minutes or so to bring the temp down a few C.

    under load core 1 + 2 = 100%
    core 1 = 88-90C
    core2 = 90-92C

    Also i will add this is currently in a very cold room.


    would you say these are acceptable temps or not?

    also not overly impressed with the build quality. keyboard bezel popping out in certain sections after 4 months.

    many thanks
     
    bigfish, Apr 12, 2010
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  2. Ice Cold

    Ice Cold Notebook Deity

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    Update your Laptops BIOS from DELL.com it worked for me.
     
    Ice Cold, Apr 12, 2010
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  3. kapilk007

    kapilk007 Notebook Consultant

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    clean your heatsink and get a new strip of thermal paste.It would work like charm.
     
    kapilk007, Apr 12, 2010
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  4. bigfish

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    laptop bios already has the latest version. which is A08 11.2009 as far as i saw on the dell site.

    judging by the dell service manual i am competant enough to clean the fan out but this laptop is only 4 months old im not happy about removing so many parts to get to the heatsink.. i mean the service manual is saying to remove the display assembley thats just crazy.
     
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  5. bigfish

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    i took your advice. back up and running now. cleaned out the heatsink now im peaking at 81C so a reduction of 10c happy chappy thx.

    still at 60 with 5-11% load that sound ok?
     
    bigfish, Apr 12, 2010
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  6. kapilk007

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    did u change the thermal paste ?
    (u have to remove the heatsink for that)
    it will bring down the cpu temp by further 5-6 degrees.
    good to know the peak temp is down by 10c.
    anyway 60c on light load is fine but values between 45 and 55 in a cold room would have been great.
    also i assume u r not using ur laptop on the bed or with its air vents blocked. :)
     
    kapilk007, Apr 13, 2010
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  7. kapilk007

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    and about the bezel,jush push it on the areas where it is popping out.if the problem still persists,get it replaced.
     
    kapilk007, Apr 13, 2010
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