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    Laptop DELL N5110 Overheat During gaming

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by shadowseka, May 19, 2014.

  1. shadowseka

    shadowseka Newbie

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    Hello Community.
    Im new user and I'd like to share my opinions with you.

    Im having difficulties with my laptop as it continues to overheat while playing games.
    I have a Dell Inspiron N5110.. I do regular maintenance and take good care of it.
    I dont have any idea of what could be happening, as it is optimized for games, i have set the PC specs to lowest and installed game booster and some other software.

    Im aware of the overheating caused by the contact with the table/floor or whatever.
    Hardware:
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M7
    Intel Core i7-26700QM CPU@ 2.29GHz

    PS: fan working always, battery plan max processor is at 90%

    Any ideas?
     
    shadowseka, May 19, 2014
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  2. be77solo

    be77solo pc's and planes

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    My bet, if there's not a big dust build up or fan problems, it's the thermal compound that's dried out and no longer as effective as it use to be... I'd recommend a re-paste with some new compound. I personally like IC Diamond, MX-4, or even AS5 in a pinch.
     
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  3. shadowseka

    shadowseka Newbie

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    mm i dont think theres a big dust build, nor fan problem.. thermal compound could be, does that has to be re-pasted every time? or anything?

    Is it recommended to do the overclocking? i just read it can go to 2.9Ghz , should improve a lot ?
     
    shadowseka, May 19, 2014
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  4. be77solo

    be77solo pc's and planes

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    Overclocking will make it run hotter; if you are overheating, then solve that problem first before you even think about overclocking.

    Thermal compound does degrade over time, not sure how old the machine is, but I still bet that's the problem.

    Curious, has it always overheated or is this a new problem?
     
    be77solo, May 19, 2014
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  5. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    telling us your temperatures would certainly help, cpu and gpu. do you clean out your vents and fans with compressed air.

    also which software do you use to monitor? loads free in my sig below.
     
    MrDJ, May 20, 2014
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  6. sasuke256

    sasuke256 Notebook Deity

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    repaste and reduce the turbo clocks, these laptops have a big problem of thermals..
     
    sasuke256, May 20, 2014
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  7. Tsunade_Hime

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    The N5110 has a inferior cooling system, carried over from the N5010. TBH it already could barely handle 35W i3/i5 CPUs, and throw in a quad core i7 and dGPU. Try a repaste and cleaning out the internals, but if it is clean there isn't much that can be done minus a radical cooling system upgrade.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, May 20, 2014
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