Laptop systems

[oatman]

The story so far......apparently you have a sensor.
The suggestion is check out pages 124-125 of the manual http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/systems/ins5100/en/i5100-om.pdf
and try using http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
I had a look at MBM earlier but couldn't figure it out. I'll have another look over the weekend.

 

[Nildes]

Any updates on the cooling program chaps?
Does silence mean its working or has meltdown ensued?

 

[oatman]

The one I found wouldn't show on the laptop. It lowered mine(not a laptop) from 41c to 30. Not that I need it :cheesy:
aida32 didn't support his mobo. Maybe we can find another to monitor the temp.

 

[TheBramble]

Same here. LT doesn't report temp readings.

My desktop has recorded the following reductions in temperature since installing CPUIdle: (in degrees C)

Motherboard from 32 to 28
CPU from 37 to 33
Auxilliary (ambient internal tower temp I imagine - in which case the disks and other boards probably account for the majority of this heat output) from 25 to 24.

 

[Dow Dog]

Laptop now functioning well and not getting overly hot or cutting out on me.

However I don't know whether that is becos of CPU Eat n Cool or the 2 phone directories that I have the machine propped up on as advised by Doctor Skimbleshanks.

 

[oatman]

I told you the cake cooling wire is the best :cheesy:

 

[bonsai]

can you not monitor the temp in the Bios ?

 

[boy]

I had a Dell Inspirion 5000e laptop and it ran very hot, I read somewhere on the Dell web site (I think) that there was a problem with the battery bursting into flames!

Dont leave home without it.

 

[Dow Dog]

That's why I keep a bucket of water handy

 

[Nildes]

Hmm well I think I'll try the program and pass on the phone directories and bucket of water options.

I never managed to get my Dell to achieve critical mass before I passed it on to my son.

But then I never ran the Updata highlighter and optimiser on it.

I've got an idea that batteries heat up if you discharge them too fast. Somerthing to do with hot copper being a better conductor than cool copper, alllowing more current to flow and generating heat.
Perhaps CPU cooling would help to slow down the discharge rate and conserve battery life?

I'll bet there's a website somewhere that covers this.

 

[bonsai]

you could try Pitstop ?

 

[Nildes]

That's a website I take it and not Penelope Pitstop from Wacky Races? :cheesy:

 

[bonsai]

http://www.pcpitstop.com/

 

[Nildes]

There was one thread on there about overheating:
http://pcpitstop.ibforums.com/index.php?act=ST&f=10&t=39321

But it doesn't add anything to this one.

 

[oatman]

Sandra software has also got a cpu temp sensor. Don't know if they support yours though. Same sort of thing as aida32.
http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html?dir=dload&location=sware_dl_x86&langx=en&a=

 

[oatman]

If you go to the OC sites you'll find plenty of advice on cooling, but I suspect if your machine is newish and overheating then there's something wrong.
That cpuidle prog certainly works but does it slow you down?

 

[Nildes]

Well the Win98 version "Rain" never caused any noticable slowdown, so I wouldn't expect cpuidle to either.

Pitstop did pick up a need to defrag though.

 

[bonsai]

if all else fails, you could buy a 'cold pack' for putting on sprains etc

leave it in the fridge overnight and sit your laptop on it during the day.

very good at absorbing heat.

lol