I had a similar problem. As I have a 3 yr warranty with inhouse support, the techie picked the problem up when I asked him about the heat while he was fixing something else. Solving the problem required replacing the fan, motherboard and heat sink. Instructions should be available somewhere online. http://repair4laptop.org/disassembly_dell.html maybe. To get to the fan, you have to get deep into the notebook, removing heaps of screws, hard drive, DVD drive, keyboard, screen etc, ets.
There was a thick mat of dust on the fan vent. My new motherboard is a newer version than I had, but they bring refurbished parts, which reaaly worries me, because we had nightmare experiences with the free printer that came with the notebook.
i had this issue too i used speccy (dont think it was entirely accurate but it gets the point) to do temperature evaluation and the hard drive was like 25 to 30
the gpu cpu and motherboard ranged from 60 to 90 but i found a way to sort of fix it it helps alot especially with resource demanding software here is what i did http://imgur.com/Agz7yZo
first i took the top off and then unscrewed the keyboard and took it off this reveals all the hardware that generally overheats
after that i took an old motherboard and power supply (it doesnt need to be anything fancy the ones im using is probably only 10$)
and then i attached an on and off switch and a fan to the motherboard i put paper clips on the fan so it would have a little leverage
once i was done i plugged it all in and placed the fan over the gpu (which is generally the hottest part)
and turn on the fan and it should keep it cooler
Upsides:
keeps it cool
Downsides:
you need an external mouse keyboard and monitor for comfortable use
the keyboard needs to be reattached to turn the laptop off or on
papagodesign
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March 24th, 2010 08:00
I had a similar problem. As I have a 3 yr warranty with inhouse support, the techie picked the problem up when I asked him about the heat while he was fixing something else. Solving the problem required replacing the fan, motherboard and heat sink. Instructions should be available somewhere online. http://repair4laptop.org/disassembly_dell.html maybe. To get to the fan, you have to get deep into the notebook, removing heaps of screws, hard drive, DVD drive, keyboard, screen etc, ets.
There was a thick mat of dust on the fan vent. My new motherboard is a newer version than I had, but they bring refurbished parts, which reaaly worries me, because we had nightmare experiences with the free printer that came with the notebook.
Godsy14
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May 12th, 2014 07:00
i had this issue too i used speccy (dont think it was entirely accurate but it gets the point) to do temperature evaluation and the hard drive was like 25 to 30
the gpu cpu and motherboard ranged from 60 to 90 but i found a way to sort of fix it it helps alot especially with resource demanding software here is what i did http://imgur.com/Agz7yZo
first i took the top off and then unscrewed the keyboard and took it off this reveals all the hardware that generally overheats
after that i took an old motherboard and power supply (it doesnt need to be anything fancy the ones im using is probably only 10$)
and then i attached an on and off switch and a fan to the motherboard i put paper clips on the fan so it would have a little leverage
once i was done i plugged it all in and placed the fan over the gpu (which is generally the hottest part)
and turn on the fan and it should keep it cooler
Upsides:
keeps it cool
Downsides:
you need an external mouse keyboard and monitor for comfortable use
the keyboard needs to be reattached to turn the laptop off or on
heavily reduces portability