Dell D531 laptop running hot - Saxperience

Gabbastard · 5th August 2011, 20:32

So, my Dell D531 laptop seems to be running hot. You may have guessed this by the thread title.

The fan seems to come on not long after startup, and sits on for quite some time. To me, that doesnt seem normal given that Im normally just browsing the interwebnet, using the bare minimum of programs.

Its a year or two old, second hand. Otherwise it works fine, never overheated or kicked into the second stage of the fan. Running a CPU temp monitoring program, it seems to hover around high 50/low 60s deg C.

Does this sound right to you? If not, is there anything I can do to stop it running so hot.

ad_77 · 6th August 2011, 22:34

Get some compressed air in a can and spray it into any air vents should blast out the dust that'll be causing poor air circulation

Manu · 7th August 2011, 06:37

^^^ that should help.

Do you smoke around it, or did it belong to a smoker?

Gabbastard · 7th August 2011, 20:09

Nah it was a works machine, and im non-faggy. You know what I mean.

Ill try blasting out the vents then

Treebo88 · 23rd August 2011, 03:17

i wouldnt blast the vents, do it properley and strip it down, there will be a layer of dust covering the vent inside (not visible from the outside) and while your at it wack some arctic silver on it ! keep it nice a cool again !

Slugshead · 31st August 2011, 19:55

Yeah deffo strip it down, replace the thermal compound

same stuff as copper slip incase you see the price of thermal compound and have a heart attack!

Clean out the vents

re-assemble

job done

(This is also the fix for the red ring of death on the 360s

)

Carlvtr88 · 3rd September 2011, 20:16

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Carlvtr88 · 3rd September 2011, 20:20

As above... Do you have it on your lap a lot, as these manufacturers tend to state that laptops are NOT designed to be on your lap phaha !

But yeah, pop it open, its probably small torx screws holding it together. Blow the shit out with compressed air and replace thermal compound on heat sink if you feel it necessary. *Which it probably isnt if its relatively new*

Carlvtr88 · 3rd September 2011, 20:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slugshead

Yeah deffo strip it down, replace the thermal compound

same stuff as copper slip incase you see the price of thermal compound and have a heart attack!

Clean out the vents

re-assemble

job done

(This is also the fix for the red ring of death on the 360s

)

LOL that and a heat gun mate

Ive fixed loooads haha ! and the PS3 yellow light of death is fixed by Flux and a heatgun too,

RDKells · 4th September 2011, 20:06

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Originally Posted by ad_77

Get some compressed air in a can and spray it into any air vents should blast out the dust that'll be causing poor air circulation

Don't do that, you can force dust into places you dont want it to be in.

Unscrew the bottom plate, then clean the fan out however you decide best, tooth brush etc.

Slugshead · 8th September 2011, 20:22

just re read this thread... I threw 4 D531's and a D170 laptop away today lol....

Slugshead · 8th September 2011, 20:23

just re read this thread... I threw 4 D531's and a D170 laptop away today lol....