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    Aftermarket i9300 cooling?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by HamTard, Sep 6, 2005.

  1. HamTard

    HamTard Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anybody add heatsinks or thermal paste to their i9300 after receiving it? I hear that due to the positioning of the fans, the video card and system memory can get pretty hot, so I was wondering if it was possible to add heat sinks to the system memory, or the video card memory, or maybe put some Arctic Silver 5 between the GPU and it's heatsink. Anybody do anything like this? How much cooler does it get? If you did it successfully, could you please post some instructions and tips?
     
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    bryan986 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What tempuratures are you getting from your graphics card?

    If it is significantly high I would be concerned about a problem with the build of the laptop, and possibly talking with dell

    Normally it is not high enough where it would be worth going through the trouble you suggest
     
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    HamTard Notebook Enthusiast

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    well, i don't think it's running THAT hot, but the laptop is already warm from normal stuff, and i'm afraid it'll get too hot during gaming. how do i find out the temperatures for my CPU/GPU/memory?
     
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    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    Well, the Pentium M cpu can handle up to 100 C, and the Nvidia gpu can handle up to 97 C. You can run the mobmeter to find cpu temp, hard drive temp, and cpu usage. To find the gpu temp, I installed some Xtreme-G drivers with the modified *.inf to open up the Nvidia settings.
     
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    HamTard Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, I idle at about 33C and under 100% load hit 37C at 800mhz (6x) and undervolting from 0.988 to 0.764 I idle at about 32C and hit 35C under 100% load. These are pretty good temperatures I guess.

    ccbr01, where did you get your Xtreme G drivers? Mind linking us? Also, if you could post a brief tutorial for them, or link to one, that would be great!
     
    HamTard, Sep 7, 2005
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