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    PA 5M10 Brick

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by yogesh12, May 17, 2011.

  1. yogesh12

    yogesh12 Notebook Consultant

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    hi,

    Guys i bought my lap in jan and mostly i will use my lap in Power mode only.. very rarely i will go in battery and i will use till <10% and then will charge... my battery wear is 12% and my power brick gets really very very hot.. this turning me mad... also my laptop gets hot along with it around 65-70 degrees.. i know something is really wrong.. recently i removed battery and cleaned vents.. now its around 60-70.. can anyone suggest a solution??
     
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    jarvmeister Notebook Consultant

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    What's 60-70? CPU? GPU? Is this when just browsing or when playing a game?

    More info needed.

    Those PSUs do get very hot though - so don't panic about that.
     
    jarvmeister, May 17, 2011
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    yogesh12 Notebook Consultant

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    its CPU... just using firefox...
     
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    denogun, May 17, 2011
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