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    Cooling system

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Snalceeyes, Jul 31, 2008.

  1. Snalceeyes

    Snalceeyes Notebook Guru

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    So i've bought a cooling platform for my laptop (M1530 with 8600MGT DDR3), the coolermaster Notepal. I was a litle confused of wich to buy. Did I made a good choice or should've got the Zalman Cooler ZM-NC1000 ?

    Because it's pretty hot here, about 27 degrees in my room. the gpu gets close to 63 degrees, but when the fan starts it cools down to a 55 degrees and rises to 63 max again (when surfing, in game it's max 75, 78).
     
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    westcoast01 Notebook Consultant

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    sounds like your temps are pretty normal actually. Idk, as long as your fan isn't sucking air, but instead pushing air up into the system you are good.
     
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    hmm ok :), no need to worry then :)
     
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    the issues people see is when the temps go into the 90s :eek:

    My temps are pretty consistent with yours. Also the most I have heard of with the coolers is a 2-4 C degree change. So personally I just elevate the machine more to get air flow under it.
     
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    Exactly what I did, Thought this would decrease the temperature :p. Well no need to worry then :), thnx
     
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    The cheaper solution is to run a program called I8kfanGUI. Run the fan in slow mode and your laptop will run a lot cooler. My 8400GS idles at 47c.

    http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/index.html
     
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    hmm... sounds great. Is it reliable ? Never heard of it, maybe because i'm a noob :p
     
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    I'm running it right now. It runs great under Vista too. :)
     
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    ok, sounds good :D thnx
     
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    You can set the fans:

    a) Auto

    b) Manual Slow or Fast

    Your lappy will run cooler, guaranteed.
     
    Rodster, Jul 31, 2008
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