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Dell XPS M170 laptop overheating?
I have a dell xps m170 with Nvidia 6800 go ultra 2 gig of ram an intel centrino mobile technology. My laptop overheats and on top near the power light, battery light indicator it gets rally hot where if you leave your hand there for 10 sec it will burn you, games slow down and choppy runs good when computer is cool and I have bought a 17 inch laptop cooler with three fans but still slows down when overheating. It is very annoying that I have to lower my game graphics in order for it to run smoothly but it will still get really hot. Please help very annoyed!
Dontsweatit
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Posted July 13th, 2007 19:00
Do you have the unit on a desk, or on your lap, or bed most of times? I know it sounds simple, but laptops are not supposed to be used on your lap. That's another reason why Dell doesn't call em laptop, only notebook! ;) Try not to place the system on your lap or bed, pillow, etc for an extended period because you're blocking the way of warm air exiting the system.- You could try using an external piece of software such as 18kfanGUI to turn the fans on to high during gaming sessions. Will reduce your grapics card temp by 20 to 30 degrees celcius. In my opinion there is something buggy about the BIOS's control of the fans. Probably a DELL effort to save battery power. The graphics fan I have found on occasions doesnt turn the fan on to high and I have seen the graphics card heat up to around 90 degree celcius.
Doomlord52
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Posted July 10th, 2007 23:00