m6400 temps, GPU too high?

Hey all

I am noticing my second m6400 (Qx9300, Nvidia 3700, Vista64 Ultimate, A03 bios) is behaving differently than the first. The fan is pulsing on and off at idle (left hand fan) and it's driving me nuts. I checked with speedfan and HWmonitor and notice that it idles 59-61 degrees celsius. I think this appears to be a lot hotter than other's temps I see here. (I saw someone mentioning they idle @ 39C)

Note the sawtooth pattern on the graph below, I think this explains the fan stopping and starting. I think it's time for another call to Dell!

Anyone else experience this?

 

What BIOS did your other m6400 have?

 

Thanks for the reply... both had a03. I am considering flashing a02 back.

 

Whats the max CPU/GPU temps?

 

Thanks, I ran 3dmark06, to my score of 11K, and the GPU never went over 67. So it's hot on the low end I guess? My office is around 60 degrees F right now, so brr, can't imagine it getting any colder

 

I see thats fine then. Its just the fan algorithm they put thats giving it a high idle.

 

Thanks all. I ran a02, blew out the fans (2 week old machine) and am idling still around 57-61, fan comes .on, drops back to 56. I guess I don't get 39 I would love it quieter though.

 

Same here ...

GPU (3700M) idling in the 50-60 degrees range (and GPU-Z says GPU clocks are actually only 200/100Mhz, since powermizer is on).
Cpu (T9600) idling in 30-45 range.

Fans kick in every 2-4 minutes and take both CPU and GPU temps
to the bottom of these ranges.

Bios is A03.

 

ahh, thanks for the confirmation FabrizioT. That kinda stinks, I would love to be able to leave the fan on low all the time. I could not get I8fanGUI working, I would love to have it set like that. Maybe a custom bios? I just hate the up/down cycle.

 

Mine did it at first and then settled down after a ~week.
Also seems to do it less when system is being used (vs idle), which is good. I posted on the annoying on/off cycle some months back in the M6400 owners thread.