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gilmour25
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March 5th, 2004 18:00
Why is this something that takes a while to start happening? (for example, mine didn't start doing this on a regular basis until about a year after I had started using it) Does the "insulation" they use eventually break-down and stop working?
Also, why isn't Dell acknowleding this? The moderator here obviously sees all of these posts and the company HAS to know there's an issue? Why are they still replacing mother-boards and hard-drives and stuff like that? Isn't that more expensive then actually addressing the real issue?
Lastly... what, exactly, is "artic silver" and why does it help 'solve' the problem??
thanks.
m512
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March 5th, 2004 18:00
I am really mad, because before I found this forum I talked several times to dellsupport guys, NOBODY EVER mentioned that it might be an overheating issue, though I told them that the bottom of the laptop and the metal frame of the LPT1 outlet is really hot these days.
Thanks for the advise, the detailed description of the work needs to be done (and the pictures!) is really cool! I will clean the fan (first), and if this won't solve the problem I'll go for the Arctic Silver.
nfn15037
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March 5th, 2004 20:00
Honifer
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March 7th, 2004 11:00
It's been a while since i arctic silvered up my cpu and gpu. Not had a crash from overheating since then :0
Only times it crashed when putting in an old usb device.
Wheeee. I wonder where my screw has nested itself.
Hon
m512
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March 8th, 2004 06:00
ldawson
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March 8th, 2004 16:00
Dell support is very poor . I work in a School District and have to call them ( for the 1000 Dell units we lease ) and it's relaly getting tiring talking to prople who either can't speen English or don't have a clue what they are doing.
Glad the Heat Sink Mod solved your problem. It would be nice if Dell would at least emial every SmartStep owner and at least point them to the web site.
ldawson
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March 8th, 2004 17:00
The Travel Star http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/e7k60/e7k60.htm ) is the largest drive I've seen ( and it's 7200 RPM ) that will fit your system. They will come out with larger models and then they should also work in the Smartstep200 or 250.
This drive runs cooler ( and a whole olot faster ) than the original drive.
Make sure you do the CPU mod to your system. They Keyboard mod also helps to keep things much cooler than from the factory.
Why Dell hasn't discovered this yet is beyond me ( and most everyone else in the Dell world ).
Adding more memory ( http://www.crucial.com/ ) will also help quite a lot and will also not heat things up.
I was very supprised at the performace increase with both these additions and the mods to the CPU and Keyboard.
m512
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March 8th, 2004 17:00
gilmour25
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March 8th, 2004 18:00
ldawson
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March 8th, 2004 18:00
I'll find you the links for these.
They are very easy to do and really cool the system down.
You'll never have another heat problem with your Smartstep every again after doing these.
gilmour25
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March 8th, 2004 18:00
CPU/Keyboard mods????
Is the CPU mod putting the artic silver on it?? If so, then what's the keyboard mod??
nfn15037
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March 8th, 2004 22:00
gilmour25
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March 9th, 2004 01:00
Ah, yes. Thanks for the link.
The funny thing is that I've read that link before but don't remember seeing the keyboard part... odd.
nfn15037
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March 9th, 2004 17:00
hamish1
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March 12th, 2004 18:00
first of all - a big thank you for the website. i very nearly sent my 200N to dell to put a new motherboard in at my own expense (then i found this forum!)
i did the whole procedure as explained on the website however now when i start my computer, everything seems to be working (fan running etc.) but my screen is black and none of the green lights are lit up underneath the screen.
my cpu appears to be snug in the slots.
any suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!!!!