Problems after rolling M1530 back to A09

Hi

I upgraded my M1530 to A11 bios a few days ago. Also had high temperatures, so I rolled back to A09. Still had slightly higher temperatures, but nothing big.

I read about the possibility to upgrade to 64 bit vista, so I got home premium 64 bit edition and started following the installation guides.

I already formatted the partition with media center and started the installation, and the computer shut down in the middle. I think its related to heat problems.

Did anyone encounter a similar problem? Whats my best move from this point (No OS installed etc)?

Thanks

 

If you had no problem to run your old os before that mean you doens't have a heat problem! BTW What is your maximum temperature with your old os?

I think you should try to start again from media direct CD , format everything and reinstall vista 64 bit again to see if it happen again.

You can also check if something block your fan or put a fan near your lap just to make it cold until it finish install your os then use a software like HWmonitor to monitor your temperature so you can see if your computer have a heat issue or not. Good luck and keep us update

 

I was already working on getting a proper physical fan. Luckily it worked, so I have Vista 64bit home premium properly installed on my M1530. I installed the heat monitor to see if the levels are abnormal. What temperatures should I be expecting for a 2.40GHZ T8300 on A09 bios?

 

OK, update time.

When I don't do much, the CPU cores at around 60-65 degrees, and the GPU is at 80C. (According to HWMonitor)

However, when I did do something a bit heavy (unzip a large archive), both CPU's reached 80 degrees, which sounds a bit dangerous to me.

What bothers me most is that I don't hear the fans running at that point. I read in a thread that SpeedFan is supposed to be able to control the fans, but when I load SpeedFan 4.37 (latest version) and go to configure->fans the list is empty (the two dual cores and 8600M are identified).

This is the SpeedFan initialization log :

Win9x:NO 64Bit:YES GiveIO:NO SpeedFan:YES
I/O properly initialized
Linked ISA BUS at $0290
Linked Intel 82801HB ICH8 SMBUS at $10C0
Found nVidia GeForce 8600M GT
Unable to read Video BIOS
Linked nVidiaI2C0 SMBUS at $3D403E3F
Linked nVidiaI2C1 SMBUS at $3D403637
Linked nVidiaI2C2 SMBUS at $3D405051
Scanning ISA BUS at $0290...
Scanning Intel SMBus at $10C0...
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403E3F...
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D403637...
Scanning I2CNVidia SMBus at $3D405051...
Address $2D appears to be WRITE ONLY...
Address $2E appears to be WRITE ONLY...
Address $48 appears to be WRITE ONLY...
Address $49 appears to be WRITE ONLY...
Address $4C appears to be WRITE ONLY...
Address $50 appears to be WRITE ONLY...
Found Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz
End of detection

Does this mean anything? Perhaps my fan isnt functioning?

 

80 Degrees while unzipping is incredibly hot.
Means that your heat dissipator is not working as it should
or the CPU is making too much contact with the dissipator/fan...
You should phone dell... and have that replaced...
or, reapply thermal paste/grease/pads...
but having such high temperatures might have damaged more than something...
key word: MIGHT.

 

I won't be able to contact dell in the next few weeks (not in the US currently)... Is there any guide for checking/fixing simple stuff by myself?

 

try the new a12 bios, dated 11-23-2008

 

Already updated, SpeedFan and the likes still don't report fans. Does anyone know if this tool is known to be consistant (IE if I don't see my fans reported, the system really doesn't know about them)?

 

No, it means speedfan hasn't been coded to control them.
Your system does know the fan's there, its supplying power to it, if it wasn't your laptop would have melted down ages ago.

As far as I know none of the common fan control software works with the xps.