I did the same in early December, unscrewed the whole machine, repasted the i7 cpu...cleaned the heat grid (haft of it was blocked by dust) and yes temperature dropped from 75 to 50 degrees.
Almost 2 months later it is 5 degrees more, still all right but in 2 months I will have to unscrew the whole machine and clean up the heatsink again.
I have an Inspiron N5010 with i3 processor. I have an extended warranty and complained to Dell about a heat issue. (107 degrees) They first updated the BIOS, which helped for 2 days, now they are sending a tech to replaced the "heat sink assembly"
Heat will kill your computer! Maybe the noise you hear is a defective fan. Search youtube for fan replacement video.
Heat generated by the ATI Radeon 5650 and in my case the Intel i5. When the laptop is new the cooling works fine but what happens is that dust gets sucked into the vents at the bottom and deposits in the cooling system heat sinks, on the filters and decreases their effectiveness.
Various remedies have been suggested involving blowing and or taking the laptop apart for cleaning, re-seating the heat sinks with new thermal grease but what works for me is to vacuum the vents on the bottom and on the side next to the power button. This has the advantage that the dust is removed from the laptop and not distributed inside as it would be if blown. Also there is no need to mess around inside and reduces the risk that the problem could be made worse
I suggest you use better thermal paste such as artic silver 5 or find a software that runs the fan at the full 100% on your command instead of automatic settings which will let the computer get hot in order to save noise. also make sure that you have the heatsink fully cleaned out. and finally the dell inspiron n5010 was only shipped out with a i5 430m and 5650m as it's best solution. your i7 builds will run hotter than necessary as they were not designed to work with this heatsink. if you wanted i7 you should have got the xps which has a much better cooler. dell builds to what the computer will put out. this computer is a low performance budget computer and when try to make it something more it would be dumb if otherwise happened. I personally have this laptop with i5 430m and 4650 (hotter version of 5650). and I never breaks 80C even when running prime 95( which you should run for several hours after installing the upgraded artic silver 5 thermal paste. videos are on youtube on how this is done.
This response is absolutely spot on. I had the same problem, the laptop was hot and the fan was blowing constantly. I did exactly as Prathemeshs said and the resullts were excellent. The fan itself had a large buildup of debris and this contributed to the laptop not being cooled properly. Removal of the debris alone dropped the temps from 80 C to 55C. The thermal compound resulted in a further decrease to 45 C.
There are no gaming laptops with powerful CPU-s and good graphics cards. Those are just disasters waiting to happen.
The reason is simple, heat, heat, heat. You get lots and lots of heat in a tight and compact space and you don't have the necessary space to mount a proper cooling. The current technology isn't that advanced to allow this.
So if you buy an I7 laptop with a dedicated GPU it's just a matter of time until it breaks down due to the many many effects of overheating.
And there's nothing you can do about it, all you can do is prolong the dead laptops life with replacements and small tweaks, but it's still remains a disaster waiting to happen.
That's the reason Desktop computers are still very popular.
Zoomelliott
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January 22nd, 2012 01:00
I did the same in early December, unscrewed the whole machine, repasted the i7 cpu...cleaned the heat grid (haft of it was blocked by dust) and yes temperature dropped from 75 to 50 degrees.
Almost 2 months later it is 5 degrees more, still all right but in 2 months I will have to unscrew the whole machine and clean up the heatsink again.
Unacceptable Dell !!!
ashiq.j
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July 19th, 2012 11:00
pls see my post with more screen shots about this problem
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19452973.aspx
some one mentioned this there
To resolve your system issue, try updating the BIOS & video drivers using below mentioned link.
BIOS: http://dell.to/JYrfWH
Video: http://dell.to/MEsbun
Thanks,
Karan
Dell / Social Media Outreach Global / Social Media & Community
ashiq.j
6 Posts
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July 19th, 2012 14:00
actually that thread is about my laptop , i just want to inform you that I've also faced same problem and this is not a software problem .
it's actually a hardware problem.
I've send my laptop from where i purchased and they'll give me a replacement on next Saturday :).
DELL must need to have some actions about these faulty products.these might be a cooler problem or main board problem.
Goatman392
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September 20th, 2012 10:00
I have an Inspiron N5010 with i3 processor. I have an extended warranty and complained to Dell about a heat issue. (107 degrees) They first updated the BIOS, which helped for 2 days, now they are sending a tech to replaced the "heat sink assembly"
Heat will kill your computer! Maybe the noise you hear is a defective fan. Search youtube for fan replacement video.
Steve
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ashiq.j
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April 9th, 2013 03:00
en.community.dell.com/.../20342274.aspx
please see this thread if it helps to solve your problem
ashiq.j
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April 9th, 2013 03:00
en.community.dell.com/.../20342274.aspx
thebbman
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June 26th, 2013 16:00
Heat generated by the ATI Radeon 5650 and in my case the Intel i5. When the laptop is new the cooling works fine but what happens is that dust gets sucked into the vents at the bottom and deposits in the cooling system heat sinks, on the filters and decreases their effectiveness.
Various remedies have been suggested involving blowing and or taking the laptop apart for cleaning, re-seating the heat sinks with new thermal grease but what works for me is to vacuum the vents on the bottom and on the side next to the power button. This has the advantage that the dust is removed from the laptop and not distributed inside as it would be if blown. Also there is no need to mess around inside and reduces the risk that the problem could be made worse
vogner16
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October 25th, 2013 16:00
I suggest you use better thermal paste such as artic silver 5 or find a software that runs the fan at the full 100% on your command instead of automatic settings which will let the computer get hot in order to save noise. also make sure that you have the heatsink fully cleaned out. and finally the dell inspiron n5010 was only shipped out with a i5 430m and 5650m as it's best solution. your i7 builds will run hotter than necessary as they were not designed to work with this heatsink. if you wanted i7 you should have got the xps which has a much better cooler. dell builds to what the computer will put out. this computer is a low performance budget computer and when try to make it something more it would be dumb if otherwise happened. I personally have this laptop with i5 430m and 4650 (hotter version of 5650). and I never breaks 80C even when running prime 95( which you should run for several hours after installing the upgraded artic silver 5 thermal paste. videos are on youtube on how this is done.
chasey246
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February 16th, 2016 18:00
This response is absolutely spot on. I had the same problem, the laptop was hot and the fan was blowing constantly. I did exactly as Prathemeshs said and the resullts were excellent. The fan itself had a large buildup of debris and this contributed to the laptop not being cooled properly. Removal of the debris alone dropped the temps from 80 C to 55C. The thermal compound resulted in a further decrease to 45 C.
_michael_
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February 16th, 2016 23:00
Here's a secret for you,
There are no gaming laptops with powerful CPU-s and good graphics cards. Those are just disasters waiting to happen.
The reason is simple, heat, heat, heat. You get lots and lots of heat in a tight and compact space and you don't have the necessary space to mount a proper cooling. The current technology isn't that advanced to allow this.
So if you buy an I7 laptop with a dedicated GPU it's just a matter of time until it breaks down due to the many many effects of overheating.
And there's nothing you can do about it, all you can do is prolong the dead laptops life with replacements and small tweaks, but it's still remains a disaster waiting to happen.
That's the reason Desktop computers are still very popular.