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    dell 8600 laptop heats up a lot

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by manjunath, Mar 22, 2005.

  1. manjunath

    manjunath Newbie

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    i have dell 8600 laptop which is working in good condition, i have observed form a week its developing lot of heat under "Memory Module Cover" and in "MiniPIC Bridge cover". before to this the laptop was getting normal heat. now those 2 get so much heat like if you tocuh it for more then 5 to 10 seconds you may burn ur fingers. is there any problem with the hardware?

    laptop gets heated when i use it for contuniously 1 hr or more, i use laptop for my office works, so no games are palyed.

    help me
     
    manjunath, Mar 22, 2005
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  2. LaZzZy_Dude

    LaZzZy_Dude Notebook Evangelist

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    I believe it's normal. So try to get a program that manages your fans...so your laptop won't get hot....

    I've using this one for 3yrs now...it works great with Dell laptops...


    http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/index.html
     
    LaZzZy_Dude, Mar 22, 2005
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