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    XPS M1210 - I8kfangui telling my max temp was 82C

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gohanssjn, Mar 3, 2008.

  1. gohanssjn

    gohanssjn Notebook Evangelist

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    What is going on here?

    I ran a backup on a new hard drive that seemed to be cooler than my stock drive under most conditions, but I run I8k and see this.

    Should I uninstall I8k? I force the fans to high, and within 2 min the temp drops from the then current 49C to 38C. Maybe it's not activation them correctly? But the backup was being done in DOS and the system never halted because of temps.

    During the backup, the fan was on high for a while...maybe the drive I got just gets really hot under continuous stress? Maybe I should also switch it back out of performance mode under the BIOS...

    Any ideas?
     
    gohanssjn, Mar 3, 2008
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  2. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Wait, what's at 82C? Surely not the harddrive, that's absurdly high.
     
    SmoothTofu, Mar 4, 2008
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  3. ScifiMike12

    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    1. What version are you using? The latest?
    2. Also, try unchecking 'Enable Hardware Support' or whatever it says under Options.
    3. I believe there is a 8C difference in GPU temps. So make sure you set that also in the Options.
     
    ScifiMike12, Mar 4, 2008
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  4. gohanssjn

    gohanssjn Notebook Evangelist

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    I unchecked enable hardware sensor support, and max temp is now 45C. Must have been it >.>

    Yikes.
     
    gohanssjn, Mar 4, 2008
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