I think my two 1G rams are getting much too hot. I just had to replace one of them, probably was cooked. I've set the fans to come on much sooner, but that doesn't really look like it pulls much air past the ram. I've set both fans at "slow" until 118F, then one begins "fast". At 125F, the other fan goes to "fast". It's pretty noisy a lot of the time, but I'm trying to save my hardware. Otherwise, I may as well bring some eggs and cook breakfast on it while I work in the morning. It really does get hot. I've already had it professionally cleaned. See post elsewhere. No dirt was visible at the ports, but the repairman said the internal heatsinks were heavily caked with dust. Now I'm trying to keep ram cool. See "Forum Home > TechTalk > Portable > General Hardware > Inspiron 9100 cooling idea" for further ideas. They were talking about adding fans, but then you have to find a power source. I got a "Cool Pad" ($30) thinking that would blow air on to the bottom, but their concept is reversed. It pulls air from the space between the laptop and pad and exits it at the distant edge, keeping your lap cool, but probably having little effect on the laptop temp. I think the Cool Pad would have been more effective to air at the edge and blow at the bottom, forcing heat loss from the bottom. I think the present Inspiron fans can handle the ventilation, but needs more positive air. What if I drill an intense pattern of small holes in the ram cover plate, so outside air is pulled directly to them. Not so large a hole as to allow penetration by foreign object, not so small as to get clogged by dust instantly. I'd pull the cover off first to drill it, of course. :) Comments anyone?

Message Edited by DBrennf on 03-06-2007 08:09 PM