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    BIOS Thermal Management profiles-Vote for this idea!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by afhstingray, Dec 2, 2009.

  1. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    Hi,

    I created this at dell ideastorm:

    http://dellideas.force.com/ideaView?id=087700000000azJAAQ

    Hi All,

    On the forums, i constantly see people complaining about the heat their laptop produces. Some people (like me) who use their laptop on their lap a lot, prefer to have the fan on constantly, to keep the laptop cool to the touch.

    Others, they hate the noise the fan produces so they prefer the laptop to be not so cool, but they want it silent.

    From what i can tell, my particular model (Precision M4400) the fan activates at processor 35*c ish and GPU 65*c ish. Then it cools it down a bit, and cuts out, upon which the temps rise again.

    What i would propose is to have 2-3 profiles in the BIOS, for example

    1) Silent
    2) Max Cooling
    3) Balanced

    I think this would help owners enjoy their laptops more!

    thanks!



    help vote this idea up!
     
    afhstingray, Dec 2, 2009
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  2. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    woot, up to 210 now, if you havent voted pls do so, registration is really quick cos all you do is choose a nickname and password then you get to vote and post your ideas for others to vote too.
     
    afhstingray, Dec 2, 2009
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    oblomschik Notebook Evangelist

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    This would even be better if it was done through Windows based tool as well as the BIOS.
     
    oblomschik, Dec 3, 2009
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  4. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    does anyone know how many votes are needed before dell takes notice of an idea?
     
    afhstingray, Dec 5, 2009
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