Yow, its hot!!

Yea, so my E1505 is getting really hot. Problem is, i move it too much for it to be convienent to use a Laptop Cooling Pad.

I cleaned out my vents, undervolted the Core Duo, etc. However, the Harddrive still goes up to about 55 to 60 degrees Celcius according to NHC!

My fans are also not turning on. I have A08 BIOS installed. Is there any way to control my fans? having the fans go on once in a while would help the temperature so that it doesnt become so uncomfortably hot.

 

how do you check your bios?

ps. i know this has nothing to do with the subject but i dont wanna waste a thread just for a one answer thing...sry

 

RM Clock gives you control over your fans.

there are others apps as well.

are you saying your fans are not turning on at all?

 

Yeah my new inspiron 6400 seems really really hot especially while I am trying to play Half-Life 2. The game keeps freezing after a little while and i have to ctrl alt delete to close it. Could it be crashing due to overheating? Also I have no idea if the fans are changing to a higher speed or not but the laptop doesn't seem to be getting any louder.

Any ideas on what could be causing my crashes?

Core 2 Duo 2Ghz
1gig of RAM
Radeon X1400
SB Audigy SE

I am using the latest ATI reference catalyst drivers.

 

i8kfangui is an excellent fan/temperature control app specifically for Dells.

However I don't think that turning fans will have significant impact on HD temperature unless it gets that hot because the whole system is at high temps

 

mine used to be hot for the first week or so when i played cs:s, and now it doesnt get that hot at all...wierd but great! lol

ps. HOW DO YOU CHECK WHAT BIOS YOU HAVE? SOMEONE PLZ ANSWER

 

It tells you when you start the notebook where u see the DELL logo.

Also, search for "I8kfanGUI" for a Inspiron fan control software.

 

Just to verify, the right part of the laptop is the Harddrive right?

Is there anyway to set I8kfanGUI for high speed fan when the Harddrive temp is quite hot?

I8kfanGUI's site says that the measurment of the Harddrive temp is a "complex process" and can make the HD unusable for about a second. Why can NHC read the Harddrive temp without delays then?

The main problem i have with the heat is from the harddrive, not the GPU, CPU, or memory.

 

Only way I've found to really cool your hard drive off is a nice zip-lock bag of ice, but of course when you use this then it makes it much harder to use the laptop(usually because in order to get the ice bag under it you have to elevate that laptop quiet a bit).

 

my hd doesnt generate that much heat, I usually work in a cool room, about 65-70F, use an aluminum cooling pad, and keep the fans spinning low,even after a defrag, there is barely even a warm area on the bottom of the unit, while using the default fan settings, the unit heats up to uncomfortable levels practically at boot

 

I8kFanGUI allows you to define temperature control policy and turn either fan on at the speed you like when a certain component (CPU, GPU, chipset, RAM, HD) reaches certain temperature. Polling HD for temperature might take time because the system has to poll S.M.A.R.T-compatible drive for its temperature. Other temperature monitoring programs do it the same way (there are no two ways to do it). You can also set polling intervals.

However, as I mentioned earlier, I don't think that turning fans to High will help to cool your hard drive specifically. I found that most effect is on CPU and GPU.

 

I agree with Leshii,this product does the job for me,and is specially made for dell notebooks,and its free.

 

yea, it works well.

But is there a way to set the fan speeds based on the HD Temp?

Generally, my CPU Temp stays at around 40 Degrees C, while my HD Temp stays at 50+, so my HD is the hotter piece of hardware.

 

mine turns VERY hot, especially when i am gaming.

 

You can set the status of any fan (CPU, GPU) based on any of the readings EXCEPT HD (CPU, GPU, chipset, RAM)

 

really? i can only set it for CPU, GPU, Chipset, and Memory. Dont see an option for HD

 

err sorry, you're right... Can't set it based on HD.

 

When a hard drive is on...it's on, so it should reach operating temp and stablize....even with heavy read write sequences it should have little impact on heat. Just the hard drive spinning up and sitting there should get it up to temp so why would defraging or playing a game heat up the hard drive.....memory cpu gpu all heat up under load, but for all intents and purposes the HDD is underload the moment you fire the sucker up .... even if it's idle it's spinning...

This really is more of a question....seems to me there might be another issue, or perhaps part of the chipset is heating up your hard drive...???? perhaps I am on crack, and I have no doubt someone will tell me as much...

fire away...

 

well, thx for the info..

thing is, I think ill just buy a 5400RPM Drive. The Seagate 7200 that i have right now heats up way too fast. It hovers at around 55 idle, and goes up to 62, ehich is a lot higher than i would like.

The Fan Program helps a lot though, basically, i have it open, and whenevevr i see the HD Temp go above 55 or so, i manually turn on the fans, just hopeing that my fans dont die on me too fast because of this.

 

I have a hitachi 60GB 7200RPM after like a lot of work it gets to 55C usually it runs at 47ish? and if i am just typing on battary power it stays under 40C. but that doesnt make sence shouldnt seagate be better then my hd? maybe becouse i have a 60GB it heats up less, i dono.

But to check your BIOS when you turn on the pc it will say it. if it doesnt then you dont have 08 so go ahead and update that.