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December 19th, 2012 17:00

Alienware X51 CPU High temperature

Hello,

I have read through several forums as well as this forum and came to a conclusion that the CPU temperature of my X51 is not normal. These temperature are too high as compared to others. Please help me out. I also tried using speed fan, but it doesnt work, I could not control the fan speed. Isit because the fan speed cannot change itself according to the temperature? It rose to 84C when I play a 30 minutes DOTA 2 game. Then It is around 55-60 when it idles. This is really not normal. I am using the A10 BIOS. If it is the BIOS, how do I downgrade back?

Thanks

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    Posted December 19th, 2012 19:00

    @chriss I cant remember the exact temps, but I remembered it wasnt as high as 84. The most was 79 or 80. That was after heavy game play. This temps I recorded was just after 30 over minutes game play. Is this normal?

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    Posted December 19th, 2012 19:00

    michaelbyz23,

    What were your temps before loading A10?


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    Posted December 19th, 2012 23:00

    after running cinebench

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    Posted December 19th, 2012 23:00

    After running the 3d mark vantage benchmark test on CPU, the temperature reaches a whopping 85, my room is 16Celcius, its winter outside.. Gosh..

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    Please hlep me Chris. Can send a technician over to fix the thermal paste or heatsink? Why isit so hot?

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    Posted December 20th, 2012 08:00

    Hello michaelbyz23,

    I see that you ran different stress tests to verify the CPU temperatures, if possible follow the steps from this article to check for proper airflow, try use Prime95 to stress the CPU and Heaven Benchmark to stress the GPU.

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    Posted December 20th, 2012 11:00

    @karen,

    I did what you told me, I used Prime95 to stress CPU and I have the same results. I stressed it for 8 minutes only. :( Is this even normal to reach 88 celcius when my room is just 16celcius? The motherboard is 87celcius at one point (TMPIN0)

    Please help me out Dell.

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    Posted December 20th, 2012 12:00

    alright, I have already sent the message, I hope we could work this out.

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    Posted December 20th, 2012 12:00

    hello michaelbyz23,

    Send me a PM, include your service tag, phone number the link for this thread, I'll check for possible options.

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    Posted December 27th, 2012 19:00

    my new peak temperature after prime 95 cpu stress for 10 minutes, after the heatsink was replaced by dell technician.

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    Posted December 27th, 2012 19:00

    my new peak temperature after prime 95 cpu stress for 10 minutes, after the heatsink was replaced by dell technician.

    Doesn't look right. Are you OC or is the cooler just really lame  Try having it done again.

    Your idle (Min.) is my max.

    your max is almost TJmax.

    Edit: Looks like it was better before. Are you sure it's installed on there right (now)?

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