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    m1330 became too hot after 5 month

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by 0x45455844, Mar 1, 2008.

  1. 0x45455844

    0x45455844 Newbie

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    hi

    i've bought M1330 ~5 month ago, it's T7300, 8400GS, 200GB 7200 one. everything was fine but about 1-2 last month it started to heat much more. coolers work always with quite a noticeable noise

    else i noticed performance lowered, for example i could play Quake3 (you know it's old game should be fast on it) for 2-3 hours, but now after 10 minutes of Quake3 it starts lagging with 5 FPS and this can be fixed by waiting 3-5 minutes for it to calm down, i'm sure something has happened.

    what could it be? please help, should i bring it to service? (we had bad services here, not sure i will win in this case) or should i open it and check radiators if they are shifted or something.. what can be the reason and solution for it?

    thanks for your help!
     
    0x45455844, Mar 1, 2008
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  2. JvG

    JvG Notebook Enthusiast

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    Collected dust?
     
    JvG, Mar 1, 2008
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  3. NotebookYoozer

    NotebookYoozer Notebook Evangelist

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    the only way a computer retains ever-increasing amounts of heat over time while all other things remaining constant is the accumulation of dust.

    basically, the only way this could happen as you describe it is really really really poor care on your part. unless something ridiculous happened like the fan coming unplugged or something.
     
    NotebookYoozer, Mar 1, 2008
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  4. 0x45455844

    0x45455844 Newbie

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    i believe it's not dust as i do like my laptop and care of it a lot :-/
     
    0x45455844, Mar 1, 2008
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