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May 26th, 2006 01:00
Latitude D520 Hot
I have been using my new D520 for 2 weeks now and I have been noticing the palm rest seems hot.
Also when I put on my lap the underside of the laptop gets uncomfortably hot
I have the Latitude D520 Core Duo T2300 667 Mhz
15 inch XGA
1.0 GB DDR2 RAM 2 DIMMS
100 GB HD 5400 RPM
8x DVD +/-RW (DL)
Wireless Lan 802.11 Intel 3945 11a/g Dual Band Mini Card
6 cell Primary battery
No floppy
I originally got this because I wanted a 15.0 inch screen and most other manufacturers have 15.4, 17.0 or 14.
I need the 15.0 screen because the other screens display the text too small
The D520 is replacing my Dell Inspiron 7500 (that is dying which I had for 7 years and it on its last leg) I also thought it would be good to go with the latitude since it has a more durable case and the hinges on my 7500 broke multiple times).
I was going to get a Gateway this time but at the last moment I checked with Dell again and they added this new model
Now what do I do?
Please advise
Thanks John
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May 26th, 2006 07:00
It sounds like it is your Hard Drive running hot, Fans have little effect on HD's.
Dell portable users have long depended on a free utility called FanGui to monitor
internal temperatures and fan control.
He has just put up a new BETA version to work with the new Core Duo systems.
Here is a link to; I8kfanGUI version 3.0 beta 2 is out (23. May 2006).
Install this utility and under "Options" select it to run in "Observer mode" and
you will see read-outs of your Hard Drive's reported temperature.
Dell now gives you 21 days from Ship Date on a 'return-for-cause' and during this
time period, you have a lot more leverage with them on resolving this sort of
problem.
I have an old Latitude LM as well as a newer D800, both have their Hard Drives
installed in the 'left-front' under palm rest and I have never detected any
heat from them. Normally your highest temperatures are created by GPU followed
by CPU and that is usually what controls the fan/s.
Under "Notebooks^" Tab at the top left of this page, you can access and
read your Service Manual (to see location of Hard Drive) as well as user guides.
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May 27th, 2006 09:00
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May 27th, 2006 17:00
I use FanGUI to tell me when there is an unexpected temperature change, perhaps a vent
is blocked or 'dust-bunnies' need removed. :)
The temperatures measured by your sensors and reported by FanGUI are 'aproximate' at best.
Put the FanGUI console up and then put your system in Stand-By overnight, as soon as
it wakes up, tap refresh (temps) then Alt/PrntScrn to record on your clipboard, you can
then open this on MS Photo editor, or Paint, or WordPad and see the differences
between room temp and the sensors.
From the above, you can see that Dell is not going to put as much value in 'reported temps'
as it will your saying "My Hard Drive is way too HOT, fix it or take it back".
I don't know the solution, but would hope that they could just replace your HD with
one that is cooler. (I have also read in here that Dell was unresponsive to the
problem reported in the 600/610 series, that is why I said to act now, during
your 'return window'.)
Notebook Hard Drives are very interchangable across many brands and models of portables.
I have a '60GB' 5400RPM (Hitachi, I think) HTS548060M9AT00 and it NEVER Feels Hot.
System is working 24/7 and HD reports 45C, DIMM 48C, GPU 66C and CPU 43C with fans slow.
Calibration shows my GPU to read way higher than true, (Nivida page says it is set to
118C for 'action' {slowdown or shutdown} :) ).
Dell will not object to your use of FanGUI, but if you use it to "make it quiet" and
cause heat damage, they would likely object to that.
I used mine in "Observer" for a very long time, to see how the BIOS controlled my fans,
now I have (i9FanGUI) set to start low fan speed sooner than BIOS would have and this
keeps it cooler AND quieter. BIOS liked fans off until temps got high and then put
both up to high at that point.
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