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Precision M4400 Owner's Lounge *Part 2*

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by BatBoy, Oct 14, 2009.

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  1. knight427

    knight427 theenemysgateisdown

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    Do you lose the Dell 3 yr standard warranty when you do upgrades?
     
  2. 2k5.lexi

    2k5.lexi Notebook Evangelist

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    Depends on what u do upgrade.

    In my home forum we have a Dell Support member. He sais:
    Wlan and those other cards, Ram and HDD can be exchanged without any warranty issue.
    In case of replacing CPU or thermal paste its nice to say report it, but they cant forbid it due to warranty, because they have pictured How-To Description in public supprt area of the website. (have a look at Dell Service, download the Service Manual)
     
  3. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    i think the thermal paste is a must-have upgrade.

    i finally got around to replacing the stock thermal paste on mine, and the results are noticable. HWMonitor indicates that its running between 5-10*c cooler than before. I havent tested it under heavy load yet, but i've never had such low idle/surfing+chatting+listening to music before.

    i would definitely recommend changing the thermal paste as soon as you get your unit.
     
  4. LPTP-LVR

    LPTP-LVR Notebook Deity

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    Definetly! Kept mine out of the really high numbers...now it maxes at 86C no matter what i throw at it while that would be 92-94 before AS5. If i'd do it again i'd go for a fully non-conductive paste though, the less risk the better.
    And again, warranty wise, if i ever get a tech guy asking me about i'll just play dumb and tell him i wouldn't dream of doing anything like that and that i was already proud of myself to have dared to change the HDD and RAM ;)
     
  5. Weegie

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    yep, non conductive like Tuniq TX-2 is easier and cleaner to apply and remove [a small match head sized blob in the middle of the core's from the applicator], work's a little better, and doesn't need a to be cycled a lot of time's to get full cooling like AS5, the disadvantage is that after 6 month's it goes hard like the standard dell goop and need's redoing to bring the temps back down as it loses it's efficiency....only takes ten minute's to clean and redo it though.....AS5 is seriously messy stuff that take's age's to get off, especially when it's where it shouldn't be.;)
     
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    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    i thought TX-2 was supposed to be non curing non bleeding etc etc?

    i'm using gelid extreme because benchmarks showed it to be pretty similar to TX-3 and MX-3, while being cheaper.

    wonder what bios A16 will be like, A15 seems to be concentrating on quiet operation rather than keeping the temps minimum all the time. now that i've put the thermal paste the fan is off a lot of the time and only comes on to maintain the temps at about

    CPU: 35*c
    GPU: 65*c

    which is ironic, because under moderate load, the fan stays on at low, resulting in lower temps than idle

    CPU: mid-high 20's
    GPU: mid-high 50's

    ambient temp is 23-25*c
     
  7. Weegie

    Weegie Notebook Deity

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    yes they say so stingray, but it had definitely dried out a lot compared to new stuff, enough to make for noticably more fan usage and 7 deg higher temps max.
    Reapplying put it back to where it was, so I gather it had definitely lost it's heat transfer properties with drying out over time.
     
  8. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    You don't even have to touch AS5 to spread it around, it will 'jump' on you. :p :D
     
  9. Precision_user

    Precision_user Notebook Enthusiast

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    I did and it was fast. It had almost all settings, by default, at high or extreme but at 1024x640. Since it had 2x AA though, it was all smooth and very clear. It shouldn't look like sh!7

    By the way, I made a thread of my 3DMark06 scores at notebook forum (http://www.notebookforums.com/thread230660.html).
    Essentially, I got 3972 in the first run with my 80GB 5400 rpm HDD and a 3952 with a 320GB 7200rpm HDD. All this on the 195.55 beta drivers. The out of box drivers were BAD! I got some 3500 with those!
     
  10. code.man

    code.man Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks Precision_user for this information :D
     
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