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    m1530- Different heatsink revision fans have different behaviors?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Cytochromec, Sep 30, 2009.

  1. Cytochromec

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    So I recently upgraded from a revision 3 heatsink to a revision one with dramatic results, but now another problem has showed up. The revision 1 heatsink fan has this silly way of cooling the laptop where it lets my GPU heat up to 66C and then it turns on full blast until 54C and then goes silent again until I creep up to 66C, full blast, cools, silent heating, full blast, etc.

    1) Does the revision 3 fan (same as revision 2 as far as I know), act differently? I used to have it, yes, but my temperatures were all over the place and maybe that is why the fan was acting properly?

    2) I didnt know hardware fans could behave differently, I thought it was an exclusive bios determination unless you got some hardware fan controllers, even then they are manual.

    3) Should I slap on a revision 3 fan onto my revision 1 heatsink? Is it even possible without breaking or bending the heatsink?

    Thanks, I have opened this LT a million times already, I would appreciate the info without having to swap heatsinks/fans myself.
     
    Cytochromec, Sep 30, 2009
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