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    XPS M1530 - faulty GPU or what?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bastaa, Aug 27, 2009.

  1. bastaa

    bastaa Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well guys see this ...

    http://www.mypicx.com/08272009/temps/

    Those are idle temp.. from 55 to 67 non stop cyclin' without a pressure or some...
    It's a year old lap , i'm playin games from time to time and ... thats all.
    What do u think? Is this a proof that my VC is going to die ?
     
    bastaa, Aug 27, 2009
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    TimeWriter Notebook Evangelist

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    They look normal to me...
     
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    Koer Notebook Deity

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    what are those temps from ? CPU? GPU? because they look normal and within the safe range, here are the limits of the "safe range" for each:

    CPU 72-74C
    GPU 82-85C

    ( these would be when stressed, running a game or another intensive app, if it doesn't get higher than that its all good)

    And the only way you know your GPU is dieing is with loss of overall performance and artifacts on screen.

    take my m1530 as an example; im running a game, my CPU is reaching 82C and my GPU is reaching 92C, the GPU is gonna downclock soon to protect itself and lower temperatures, and then back up again. This shouldn't happen, and im getting it fixed soon. But my point is, even with these temperatures, my gpu is just fine.
     
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    bastaa Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok , but my point is this:

    -Temps are always cyclin' without any pressure (before few months it was diffrent thing , there was a straight line all the time 56/58 C and thats all. Lappy was quiet and calm.

    -Fan is obviously non stop on

    Thats my point , i'm not talkin' about max temps or anything else.
     
    bastaa, Aug 28, 2009
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