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    Vostro 1400 Gaming Sessions heat issue

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by cell323, Aug 20, 2007.

  1. cell323

    cell323 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, When I play games on my computer like AA(Americas Army) the left side of my keyboard and wrist rest tend to warm up a lot almost to the point of it being so hot that it makes my wrist sweat.. Is this normal or should I report the issue to Dell? :confused:
     
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    How long? I played Halo for about an hour and it was just some hot air.
     
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    cell323 Notebook Consultant

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    The left side of the keyboard and wrist rest starts getting hot in the first 10-15 minutes of my gaming sessions. although the game itself runs fine and the system runs normal and never gives me errors or anything. The heat itself is so much that it makes my left hand sweat.

    The games I played so far have been FEAR, AA, Quake 2(runs quake without a sweat).

    Is this a hardware issue I should be concerned with?
     
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    cell323 Notebook Consultant

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    My video card is not overclocked. I just got back from playing AA for about 1 hour, and the left side of the keyboard is warm. not overly hot. but warm.
     
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    thanks for the guide!
     
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    right now when i was gaming, the gpu was 73 celcius, is that normal? and cpu around 57
     
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    My GPU readings when I play even at stock speeds are quite a bit higher than yours from riva tuner. Your temperature readings seem normal enough to me. You could also check out I8KFANGUI to get more temperature readings from a different program
     
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    Thanks ChaosKye
     
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    np, agree though that the left palmrest does get quite warm when playing games..
     
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    I have Notebook harware control 2.x and it doesn't read my hard drive temperature. Reads everything else fine.
     
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