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    heating woes with 1520

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by portable pest, Aug 11, 2007.

  1. portable pest

    portable pest Notebook Consultant

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    i have an inspiron 1520 with 1 gb ram. i have noticed that all other people with 2gb ram have so far had no heating problems. but my laptop gets pretty hot in 10 min. the ram usage meter on my desktop shows 50-55% use even when idle. is it vista running on 1 gb ram that might be the problem??
     
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    install the new vista updates and see what happens
     
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    how can that help?? i do not see how will they affect the heating??
     
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    maybe its cause the HD has to run more often since you only have 1gb of ram


    but thats odd, unless you do use over 1gb of ram and thus your hd has to spin and spool up for page files and what not
     
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    it is as getting as hot as anything .the fan kicks in quite early. its the base which is an issue. the touchpad area remains cool .is it vista eating my rsources and causing the trouble??
     
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    and yes it is the hard drive area which is the hottest...
     
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    its not the amount of ram.... its the amount of ram vista might be hogging..
     
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