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    temperature rising

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Vless17, Nov 22, 2010.

  1. Vless17

    Vless17 Notebook Consultant

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    I have watched the temp of my CPU slowly over the last 4 hours rise from 50C to 73C. I have my cooling as set to active, the fan is spinning constantly, and all I am doing is surfing the internet and watching HULU.

    any suggestions
     
    Vless17, Nov 22, 2010
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  2. roxxor

    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    hulu is actually very cpu intensive. especially at full HD.
     
    roxxor, Nov 22, 2010
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  3. Intangble

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    there are numerous heating threads.....from what i gather, 73 is not even close to a problem, 105 is the shutdown temp.
     
    Intangble, Nov 22, 2010
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  4. roxxor

    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    No.

    130 is the shutdown temp.
     
    roxxor, Nov 22, 2010
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    Intangble, Nov 22, 2010
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  6. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    What CPU do you have?
     
    Nick, Nov 22, 2010
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  7. Vless17

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    i am running the i7 with 4 gigs ram and 250hdd
     
    Vless17, Nov 22, 2010
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    Are you running it on a bed?
     
    Nick, Nov 23, 2010
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    73C is absolutely fine.

    If I recall correctly, Hulu uses Adobe Flash as its player. And Adobe Flash has GPU acceleration as well. So it could be that your system overall is getting hotter, bcause both the CPU and GPU are working.
     
    kent1146, Nov 23, 2010
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  10. Vless17

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    i called dell, they ran a test and my gpu got up to 96. they are replacing the motherboard and gpu, does that also mean im getting another procesor?
     
    Vless17, Nov 23, 2010
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  11. DaneGRClose

    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes it does, the gpu and cpu are both soldered(well kind of) into the mobo, when the mobo goes so does the gpu/cpu with the m11x.
     
    DaneGRClose, Nov 23, 2010
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