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    gpu underheat? i8600

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by z3phrn, Sep 22, 2004.

  1. z3phrn

    z3phrn Notebook Enthusiast

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    i bought all the parts to do the heat mod for my laptop... the only problem is... the temperature for the hard drive, cpu, and the gpu have never gone >55 celsius. ive played a couple of hours of counterstrike with max widescreen resolution and stuff, but it seems to be hovering around that temp. so i was wondering what the hell is wrong with my laptop, since everyone elses i8600 seems to become a frying pan when they play games. Also, since i have the parts, maybe i shud do the mod anyway?

    [also i read somewhere that when the power isnt plugged in, the centrino runs at 800 mhz... is this true and can i turn the function off?]

    --Inspiron 8600, 1.8 ghz, wsxga+, 60 gb 7200 rpm, 256+512mb pc2700, 128 mb radeon 9600--
     
    z3phrn, Sep 22, 2004
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    Ramadoss29 Notebook Consultant

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    When your on battery mode, simply click on your Dell Quickset icon (its in the tray on the right). Just turn the settings to Maximum Performance instead of Maximum Battery.
     
    Ramadoss29, Sep 22, 2004
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