Dell Laptop User Thread

[ThyPig33]

Dell technician won't check ur RAM during the on-site service. Ur laptop need to send in service? Dell offer on-site service 1 oh

if you feedback to the cust service officer, normally they will send down ram first. technician will change for you...

 

[ThyPig33]

so is it ok now ?
This is really worrying, because I just ordered a new xps m1530 yesterday, I hope the new batch doesnt contain defective nvidia chipset

now wun have any problems i believe. unless its old stocks, but no worries, since they have onsite.... they change a new motherboard for you... quite good leh..

 

[mike911]

hello... now my computer is half ******... remember i added XP onto the computer? so now, my battery is dead. after that, i called dell for a replacement... motherboard changed twice already. my d630 was affected by the NVIDIA gpu defect... now i gian to buy the latitude E6400...or else buy a desktop liao

zzz i also changed it to xp recently, having some game lagging and hanging issues. can tell me more about the nvidia gpu defect? cause im having some heating issues also with 630 now, not sure if its overheating or normal, i forgot to check in vista.

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2208746

 

[linusz]

Hi guys,
Any software to measure the laptop onboard temperature.
My laptop is XPS 1330.

Thanks.

 

[Softcore]

hwmonitor i think...

 

[mike911]

http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

 

[linusz]

Thanks butties!

 

[linusz]

Hi pple,
My GeForce 8400M GS clocks about 70 to 72 degree C, running from morning till now.
Normal?

Motherboard: 50 C
Core 2: 43 C, 44 C
HDD: 38 C

Anyone else with their settings?
Thanks.

 

[ThyPig33]

Hi pple,
My GeForce 8400M GS clocks about 70 to 72 degree C, running from morning till now.
Normal?

Motherboard: 50 C
Core 2: 43 C, 44 C
HDD: 38 C

Anyone else with their settings?
Thanks.

quite high, ur temp. still under warranty? ask dell send someone down to check for you. hopefully they give you a change on the gpu.

anyway can use I8Kfangui this software to monitor.

 

[ThyPig33]

zzz i also changed it to xp recently, having some game lagging and hanging issues. can tell me more about the nvidia gpu defect? cause im having some heating issues also with 630 now, not sure if its overheating or normal, i forgot to check in vista.

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2208746

most likely is because of dust collected at the fan...

the last time the technician came to pry open my laptop he found something astonishing... my fan clogged up with dust. after he cleared the dust it was running 8degrees cooler... from 50 on idle down to 38-43 on idle.

 

[ThyPig33]

most likely is because of dust collected at the fan...

the last time the technician came to pry open my laptop he found something astonishing... my fan clogged up with dust. after he cleared the dust it was running 8degrees cooler... from 50 on idle down to 38-43 on idle.

just to add, my gpu is idling at 40. so you might want to call dell and tell them about overheating issue.

 

[linusz]

quite high, ur temp. still under warranty? ask dell send someone down to check for you. hopefully they give you a change on the gpu.

anyway can use I8Kfangui this software to monitor.

Yes it is. Just had it.
Whats the normal operating temperature?

Anyone else using 1330?

 

[ThyPig33]

Yes it is. Just had it.
Whats the normal operating temperature?

Anyone else using 1330?

it shd be near cpu temp iirc

 

[mike911]

cant believe what im seeing, different values, i check on configurations again

 

[mike911]

something wrong is going on with the temp program, i update again.

 

[linusz]

something wrong is going on with the temp program, i update again.

Hi,
I am running on CPUID v1.12.

Booted-up (idle) temperature: peak around 65
Normal use (surfing): 70
Running a movie (w/surfing): 76-77

I dont have freezy screens or hangs as of now.

Thinking of contacting Dell Support for this.
Anyone to provide more information too?

Thanks in advance.

 

[linusz]

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=266624

For XPS GPU temperatures.


btw, the Nvidia driver I am using now is: 7.15.11.143 dated 14/06/2007.
Think there is a later version from Windows Update.

 

[mike911]

latest temp updates
on idle

on game load after 40mins

temps are not tallying up, is there any more temp monitoring programs to recommend? esp for gpu thanks.

 

[linusz]

latest temp updates
on idle

on game load after 40mins

temps are not tallying up, is there any more temp monitoring programs to recommend? esp for gpu thanks.

Hi,
70 degree on idle, 90+ on gaming.
Does your laptop feels hot? Mine does, with hands on keyboard. A little warm.
Yours is Quadro? Mine is XPS.

I just chatted with Dell USA CSR. Apparently, he is trying to smoke his way thru, unintentionally or otherwise. Dell workaround is for the BIOS to spin the fans faster.
Saying, BIOS v14 (latest) has the fix for this. I asked why is this not reflected in the change history. He says it not updated.
Then I mentioned, that I did some research on GPU over-heating and mine temp was over 70 degrees.
He then back-tracked and offered to send a technician down.

Irritating etiquette.

Anyway, I will be raising a case to Dell SG for this.
If any other XPS (1330) users care to share their temp ranges (idle/working) too.

Thanks all.

 

[linusz]

Anyone else with 1330 temp readings?
Thanks.