M6600 Owners Thread

Change that paste, idle should be in the 50-55 range on the web, at least it was in my m6600 with 2720qm

 

That's the best thing about qualitative opinions - you don't have to believe something just because many others believe it. As the old saying goes, "If most in the bay area jumped off a bridge..."

 

The only part that get hot is the heatsink in the back, but it is hard to balance if the back don't sit on your "lap". Idle should be around 50s, but sometimes when it decide to stop the fan, it can get up to 60-70.

Sent from my 306SH

 

i am tall and a chubby. notebook sits fine in the belly. but for being much bigger than the 14in i have to say the keyboard sits too close to be comfortable typing. but too far to type if in the leg. so i thought about the cooling pad as it would lift a bit the back making it easier to type: Cooler Master NotePal LapAir

note: no issue with balancing. problem is if i make it lower the belly (where distance is ideal to type) then the angle is very off making it very uncomfortable to type. i think the coolermaster has potential to solve this issue.

funny as it is, i bought the notebook cause wife was complaining she was alone in the living room cause i work too much in the home office ... so .. i bring work to living room and stay with her
will use my desktop workstation for rendering and other heavy duty tasks.

I did a short cpu test. on load it goes to crazy 90C!!
no wonder why it feels i can fry an egg on my body after using the note for a couple of hours


this page here shows the cpu under 92% load and the temp is about he same of mine under 15% load!!
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

 

DC cable arrived and.. yes! the problem was the DC cable. the new one will not have any move. cable fits very tight. no way the power cable will fall on this one
will open notebook again to install the DC plug and change the thermal paste. With those, i fix the only two issues i had with the notebook. well and try to fix the keyboard but that i am sure i made the issue cause it was great before.
I am happy now

 

Plug installed and new thermal paste applied. Used arctic mx-4
what a difference!!!! before it was burning my body, now it runs very cool.

idle/web browing temp now is 40-44C. that is a 25C difference!

max temp on 100% load was 80%. that was about the browsing temp before!!

whoever applied the thermal before did a very bad job. it had several open places and paste fell to the sides. probably only 30-40% of the chip was in contact to the heatsink.

 

while the thermal paste solved the heat issue, I still bought the cooling pad. it served well the purpose to lift the back

Cooling master LapAir. it is very good. now notebook can site on leg and be comfortable to type.

 

now this is the most interesting part of this story ... I messaged the person i bought the notebook mentioned that there were the issue on the DC plug that i had to replace and cpu overheating due to bad application of thermal paste. mentioned i wasnt sure who did, if he or dell.

so he tells me that a couple of months ago he sent the notebook to dell for motherboard and cpu replacement. so DELL does this horrible amateur job applying the thermal paste. most of the paste was outside the chip and only like 30% at best was in contact to the heatshink. did not even test the notebook after, or else would know it was overheating.

so now.. lets compare HP. i had issue with my elitebook where the motherboard died. sent to replace (it was under warranty). they not only replaced the motherboard, they replaced web cam, keyboard, battery and several other things. they did a full inspection and gave me back looking like new.

dell did not replace the battery, did not replace the dc plug, did not place the Bluetooth cable in the right place AND did not apply paste correctly.
yeah, i am sure I can not say it is always like that, but i was thinking about buying an extended warranty and now i think it is not worth it.


did anyone have a different experience with their warranty service?

 

I had six laptops replaced under warranty. Their warranty is good... though sending the notebook to them can be problematic.

The best way to handle it is to do it yourself - have them send the replacement parts to you (you're capable) or have them send a tech to your home and you can watch them.

 

I've always had them send a tech and I've always watched him work, and that's worked out well for me. I've had my M6700 serviced a few times (two minor screen defects, one mobo replacement which turned out to not be needed).