Hello everyone,
Since a few years now i have the Dell Studio XPS 1640 Laptop. I enhanced some of it's stock features. I have doubled its memory to 8GB, i have switched the processor to an Intel T9900 Duo Core and i had a 256GB generation 1 SSD installed when i bought it at Dell. The rest is stock.
Now onto the problem. Already since i bought this laptop it has had cooling problems. Partly because of a design flaw. When you open the laptop screen it slides over the fan exhaust. To remedy this problem i've undertaken quite some steps.
- I have bought a Zalman cooling pad.
- I have undervolted the Processor
- I only use it on a table on the cooling pad
- I manually set the fan to max speed
- I clean out every speck of dust every 2 months
- I turn off all unnecesairy processes
- I have the latest drivers and BIOS firmware
- I am using Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste (Yes, just the right amount)
- I removed the battery for more airflow form the cooling pad and less heat from it.
Now when i play a game like Guild Wars 2 on it, i get these temperatures:
Are these temperatures still too high? And if so, how can i lower them further?
Thanks for reading and i hope someone can help.
Morris
Since a few years now i have the Dell Studio XPS 1640 Laptop. I enhanced some of it's stock features. I have doubled its memory to 8GB, i have switched the processor to an Intel T9900 Duo Core and i had a 256GB generation 1 SSD installed when i bought it at Dell. The rest is stock.
Now onto the problem. Already since i bought this laptop it has had cooling problems. Partly because of a design flaw. When you open the laptop screen it slides over the fan exhaust. To remedy this problem i've undertaken quite some steps.
- I have bought a Zalman cooling pad.
- I have undervolted the Processor
- I only use it on a table on the cooling pad
- I manually set the fan to max speed
- I clean out every speck of dust every 2 months
- I turn off all unnecesairy processes
- I have the latest drivers and BIOS firmware
- I am using Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste (Yes, just the right amount)
- I removed the battery for more airflow form the cooling pad and less heat from it.
Now when i play a game like Guild Wars 2 on it, i get these temperatures:
Are these temperatures still too high? And if so, how can i lower them further?
Thanks for reading and i hope someone can help.
Morris