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    Studio XPS GPU gets VERY cold

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by owais, Feb 16, 2009.

  1. owais

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    seems my studio xps came with a serious fan as it can reach temperatures not possible, lol
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    owais, Feb 16, 2009
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    Note that it says those temps under 'Max'. :p

    Your CPU is doing good too..
     
    namaiki, Feb 16, 2009
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    At this rate, your laptop's sheer coldness will spread out and plunge the entire world into a century of sub-zero (kelvin) temperatures.

    I mock all those who said we had to do something about global warming.
     
    adyingwren, Feb 16, 2009
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  4. owais

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    my studio xps is going to counter global warming. :)
     
    owais, Feb 16, 2009
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    I want your 3670 to teach my 9600 a lesson !!! :D :D
     
    p1990, Feb 16, 2009
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    My Core#1 is usually the one hotter of the two.

    But seriously, your laptop's GPU and CPU temps can get that low (min values: 25C, 12-13C respectively)? What's your room temperature?
     
    krionX, Feb 16, 2009
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  7. owais

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    about 21 degrees, but iv got the radiator on sometimes

    plus i use no sort of cooling whatsoever.

    i thinkits my GPU spreading the cold :)
     
    owais, Feb 16, 2009
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  8. krionX

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    There must be something broken with your laptop. Maybe the temp monitors are faulty. Or there's a bug with CPUID.
     
    krionX, Feb 16, 2009
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    yeah, i only get those temps on my m1530 when i put my car's AC directly into the heatsink, then my GPU reaches about 17C ahahahaha, time to OC!!!
     
    Koer, Feb 16, 2009
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  10. Kris Leisten

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    Yeah, the temps for my XPS M1330 are nowhere near that.
     
    Kris Leisten, Feb 16, 2009
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    Thermal Singularity FTW

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    Reminds me of when I got my first Core Duo, my hwmonitor software was a bit addled in the head.

    Kept osciliating between solar temperatures and negative kelvin temperatures within a second.
     
    reiella, Feb 16, 2009
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  12. wlfng2005

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    I am 99% sure this is the software's bug
     
    wlfng2005, Feb 16, 2009
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  13. Nition

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    ^^^
    Haha, only 99% sure?

    Dell solved the cooling problem but accidentally created temperatures blow absolute zero, destorying the universe.
     
    Nition, Feb 16, 2009
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  14. ImakE

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    Wow. Are those for real? The 10Watt C2D U7600 on my laptop runs between 52-81C. Right now its at 60C.
     
    ImakE, Feb 16, 2009
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    only 99% because he might photoshoped it lol
     
    wlfng2005, Feb 16, 2009
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    I say it got so hot that it froze
     
    sergeh, Feb 16, 2009
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  17. Nition

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    By the way, for you Americans, that's -3865470530 fahrenheit.
     
    Nition, Feb 17, 2009
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  18. MAG

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    The laptop got so cold that it's currently freezing and now requires a heater to heat it up!

    But wow, temperatures are lower than normal :p
     
    MAG, Feb 17, 2009
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    Considering that it's now too cold for electricity to flow inside it, has this affected performance at all?
     
    Nition, Feb 17, 2009
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    Are you trying to make us XPS 1530/1330 owners jealous?
    Stop that!

    :p

    In other news, sensors probably borked.
     
    niteh, Feb 17, 2009
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  21. LPTP-LVR

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    hahahaha...hilarious
     
    LPTP-LVR, Feb 17, 2009
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  22. v_c

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    Obviously there is something wrong with the way CPUID is reading the temps.

    The rest of your temps are misleading also, it is clear you have put the laptop into standy-by (to cool down) with CPUID turned on and then woken it up sometime later. It reads those low temps the second it wakes up. That is how you got those 'low' results (ie 12/13C CPU)
     
    v_c, Feb 17, 2009
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  23. Salty85

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    Hahaha, that temperature would break every convention of current science. From Computer heat management, to every physical law regarding transfer of energy and absolute zero. It makes me scared...

    Seriously though, boot into a linux live cd, and see if it gives wierd temps still. If it does that may lead to other failures because the temperature sensor is what keeps the computer from melting on your lap.
     
    Salty85, Feb 18, 2009
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  24. funky monk

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    Isn't the xps16 renowned for making you infertile and doubling up as a toaster or have dell fixed that in a bios update?
     
    funky monk, Mar 2, 2009
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  25. Nition

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    Yes but his one is special. Very special.
     
    Nition, Mar 3, 2009
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  26. Salty85

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    I think that if the computer runs cold, it has the opposite effect. You should go and bring the laptop to the attention of infertility clinics worldwide.
     
    Salty85, Mar 4, 2009
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