I understand the post is kind of old but I had the exact same overheating problem on a i3 model of the studio 1558. I noticed the fan was very dusty so I took some canned air and blew into the vent below the laptop where the fan is located and into the heatsink. Before this my computer's idling temperature was around 65~75C and while playing games or using more graphics intensive tasks the temperature would go up to a point where the laptop would shut down. After cleaning out dust the idling temping is now around 40~50 and when playing games 55~65 and works perfectly! Maybe you might have a similar issue?
I have the same overheating problem since last two years. My Dell Studio 1558 (i7) started overheating from the day one from the purchase in late 2010....Dell replaced the heatsink but of no avail....The company should stop producing this product immediately as it is creating customer dissatisfaction or bad name for the company....
I have the i5 version of the 1558 and it has always run a little hot since first purchase. Now in 2013, the machine can't fire up Windows without overheating to the point of a system shutdown or BSOD. This much heat generation needs a MUCH better design for heat dissapation. One of the many, many reasons I'll not buy another Dell (after owning countless ones over the last 15 years).
I have one of these machines which was bought for my son about 3 years ago. It has constantly suffered from random shutdowns not obviously associated with any particular software application or activity. Its not used for any heavy weight graphics or gaming applications.
There is definitely an overheating problem and I think that it is an inherent design fault. I have not tried having the fan cleaned or any examination of the heat dissipation hardware.
However I have a solution. I bought a Belkin laptop cooler (I got the cooling lounge with a cushion. It plugs into the USB and operates a fan underneath the laptop.
Since using this the laptop has not overheated and the random shutdowns have 100% gone.
Not a perfect solution as it is something else to carry - but it is a functional solution.
Before this my computer's idling temperature was around 65~75C and while playing games or using more graphics intensive tasks the temperature would go up to a point where the laptop would shut down. After cleaning out dust the idling temping is now around 40~50 and when playing games 55~65 and works perfectly!
So how do you know at what temperature your chips are running? Where did you get the number 95 C or 40-50 C? Is there a thermometer somewhere?
Monitoring temperatures with SpeedFan (as above) I was able to significantly reduce the operating temperatures by vacuuming the dust out of my system, even without disassembling it. I just held the hose of my home's central vacuum system up against each of the vent openings on the sides and bottom of the machine for several minutes. Then I put the vacuum away and returned the machine to normal service. This reduced the operating temps of Core 0 and Core 1 from 80 C down to 45 C during normal web surfing.
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May 16th, 2012 17:00
I understand the post is kind of old but I had the exact same overheating problem on a i3 model of the studio 1558. I noticed the fan was very dusty so I took some canned air and blew into the vent below the laptop where the fan is located and into the heatsink. Before this my computer's idling temperature was around 65~75C and while playing games or using more graphics intensive tasks the temperature would go up to a point where the laptop would shut down. After cleaning out dust the idling temping is now around 40~50 and when playing games 55~65 and works perfectly! Maybe you might have a similar issue?
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September 27th, 2012 23:00
I have the same overheating problem since last two years. My Dell Studio 1558 (i7) started overheating from the day one from the purchase in late 2010....Dell replaced the heatsink but of no avail....The company should stop producing this product immediately as it is creating customer dissatisfaction or bad name for the company....
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February 4th, 2013 12:00
I have the i5 version of the 1558 and it has always run a little hot since first purchase. Now in 2013, the machine can't fire up Windows without overheating to the point of a system shutdown or BSOD. This much heat generation needs a MUCH better design for heat dissapation. One of the many, many reasons I'll not buy another Dell (after owning countless ones over the last 15 years).
Rodgerpb
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March 9th, 2014 10:00
Hello
I have one of these machines which was bought for my son about 3 years ago. It has constantly suffered from random shutdowns not obviously associated with any particular software application or activity. Its not used for any heavy weight graphics or gaming applications.
There is definitely an overheating problem and I think that it is an inherent design fault. I have not tried having the fan cleaned or any examination of the heat dissipation hardware.
However I have a solution. I bought a Belkin laptop cooler (I got the cooling lounge with a cushion. It plugs into the USB and operates a fan underneath the laptop.
Since using this the laptop has not overheated and the random shutdowns have 100% gone.
Not a perfect solution as it is something else to carry - but it is a functional solution.
Rich Pasco
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July 5th, 2014 06:00
So how do you know at what temperature your chips are running? Where did you get the number 95 C or 40-50 C? Is there a thermometer somewhere?
Rich Pasco
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July 6th, 2014 10:00
Monitoring temperatures with SpeedFan (as above) I was able to significantly reduce the operating temperatures by vacuuming the dust out of my system, even without disassembling it. I just held the hose of my home's central vacuum system up against each of the vent openings on the sides and bottom of the machine for several minutes. Then I put the vacuum away and returned the machine to normal service. This reduced the operating temps of Core 0 and Core 1 from 80 C down to 45 C during normal web surfing.
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Rich Pasco
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July 6th, 2014 10:00
I found an application called SpeedFan that can monitor temperatures. Get it from
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php