Legit Reviews

okay guys, i have my sisters laptop because we traded since i don't use mine particularly often, and i just ran PCMARK05, it got a 2376, BUT, i had Coretemp open the whole time(no temp sensor app had been used before today) and during some tests it was bouncing off its 100C TJ MAX and staying above 90C primarily

should i tear it down and replace thermal compound(i have taken it apart recently,(didnt apply AS5) and it wasnt THAT dusty), or just scrap it

If you're happy with it's speed then yeah, as5 it.

Dan

took it apart properly, put it back together properly, no display anymore
took it apart again to double check everything, still no go, gonna yet again do the same, maybe i made a stupid mistake

/edit:
i just plugged it in to AC power and it booted!

now it runs 31C 37C idle looks like up to 82 is still the load temps, but thats basically as good as it'll get so at least its not bouncing off the TJ MAX anymore in PCMARK

ugh, the later tests still reach mid 90s

is there a way to bump the fan speed? (there is only 1 fan, and it blows onto the heatsink and out the back of the laptop) these temps are still unacceptable.

Try i'm fangui, meant for inspiron laptops
but might still work.

Dan

that app works, but i just noticed the CPU isnt being throttled, so its staying at 1.66GHz instead of dropping to 1GHz intel speedstep IS enabled, and power management is enabled in windows, but neither is doing anything