M1330 laptop's nVidia chip overheating?

I might have the same problem with my 1330. it works fine for the
first five or 6 hrs. then slows down a lot. I called tech support and
complained two weeks ago, the tech said it was my start up programs
and he deleted them all and said it would work fine now but when I
start it in the moorings it works fine till the afternoon and the cpu
stays at 100%. and after 2 more hours I can't even open my browser. I
complained today and the guy said if your room is warm maybe you
should buy a cooling system underneath. he said heat problem would
shut down the computer or restart.
I have 3 yrs. next day warranty and that is his solution.
he then asked me to do this short test which he said it is for only 10
minutes and it ran for over 40 minutes and still at zero percent.
I installed this i8kfangui31.exe you talked about. it shows the cpu
temp at 159 F steady. is it a reliable test or the right temp.?
Is there a way to test if the nVidia chip or the fan for heat?
they replaced my nVidia chip few months ago when the whole screen
gone.

9 09:13:46 -0400, Ben Myers <ben_myers@charter.net> wrotf:

>Timothy Daniels wrote:
>> "Ben Myers" wrote about I8KFANGUI:
>>> If the Dell laptop has a sensor to read GPU temperature,
>>> I8FANGUI will read it. It also reads hard drive temp,
>>> monitors fan RPM if sensors are present, etc.
>>
>> Is there a GPU temp sensor for the nVidia chip that
>> is readable by I8KFANGUI? Or maybe I should ask,
>> "How could I find that out?"
>>
>>
>>> You can set the I8FANGUI temperature controls to
>>> turn off the fan, run it at slow speed, or run it at high
>>> speed. So the fan comes on at a certain temperature,
>>> runs until the temp is low enough, then shuts off. If the laptop has more than one fan, each one can be
>>> controlled individually. It's entirely under your control.
>>>
>>> As a rule, I've tended to use lower temperatures for
>>> fan control than most Dell laptop BIOSes use. For
>>> example, I generally turn on the fan at slow speed
>>> around 115 F, and high speed around 130 F. This
>>> seems to have worked well, and I have had no
>>> complaints about fan failures.
>>
>> Was this in response to CPU temps or GPU
>> temps?
>>
>> Did you notice any decrease in battery chargelife
>> from running the fan more?
>>
>> *TimDaniels*
>>
>>
>
>You can only find out if there is a GPU sensor by installing I8FANGUI
>and having it test for presence of the sensor.
>
>These are CPU temps of 115 F and 130 F respectively. If there is a GPU
>temp sensor, I would use the same GPU temp settings.
>
>I did not test for battery life with I8FANGUI installed. Depending on
>the ambient temperature, it could be longer (e.g. running in a cold
>place with 60 F temp) or shorter (e.g. a hot hot 100 F day). For me,
>battery life takes lower priority to the general health of a laptop.
>
>... Ben Myers

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:49:08 -0400, malik.marwan@yahoo.com wrote:

>I might have the same problem with my 1330. it works fine for the
>first five or 6 hrs. then slows down a lot. I called tech support and
>complained two weeks ago, the tech said it was my start up programs
>and he deleted them all and said it would work fine now but when I
>start it in the moorings it works fine till the afternoon and the cpu
>stays at 100%. and after 2 more hours I can't even open my browser. I
>complained today and the guy said if your room is warm maybe you
>should buy a cooling system underneath. he said heat problem would
>shut down the computer or restart.
>I have 3 yrs. next day warranty and that is his solution.
>he then asked me to do this short test which he said it is for only 10
>minutes and it ran for over 40 minutes and still at zero percent.
>I installed this i8kfangui31.exe you talked about. it shows the cpu
>temp at 159 F steady. is it a reliable test or the right temp.?
>Is there a way to test if the nVidia chip or the fan for heat?
>they replaced my nVidia chip few months ago when the whole screen
>gone.
>

My normal reading on my laptop E1405 is around 104 to 116. I notice
when my antivirus kicks in, it goes as high as 164 but somewhere
around 145 or 150, the fan kicks in and then it cools down pretty
fast, especially when the scanning is done. To me 159 steady sounds
too high. Is your vents clean? You can try to use compressed air and
spray around the fan and vents to be sure. Maybe try a fan to
circulate air near your 1330. Do you have the same number or almost
the same # of processes running the first hour vs. the sixth hour? Or
do you have something running a constant scan at some point?

I heard the fan working right after I installed this nice program
i8kfangui31. hte computer started today with cpu tem at129f and
chipset temp at 150 f. Maybe the fan was not working as it should and
it is fine now being controlled by this beautiful i8kfangui31.
I am watching the temps today and see what happens.

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:11:20 -0500, RnR <rnrtexas@gmail.com> wrotf:

>On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:49:08 -0400, malik.marwan@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>I might have the same problem with my 1330. it works fine for the
>>first five or 6 hrs. then slows down a lot. I called tech support and
>>complained two weeks ago, the tech said it was my start up programs
>>and he deleted them all and said it would work fine now but when I
>>start it in the moorings it works fine till the afternoon and the cpu
>>stays at 100%. and after 2 more hours I can't even open my browser. I
>>complained today and the guy said if your room is warm maybe you
>>should buy a cooling system underneath. he said heat problem would
>>shut down the computer or restart.
>>I have 3 yrs. next day warranty and that is his solution.
>>he then asked me to do this short test which he said it is for only 10
>>minutes and it ran for over 40 minutes and still at zero percent.
>>I installed this i8kfangui31.exe you talked about. it shows the cpu
>>temp at 159 F steady. is it a reliable test or the right temp.?
>>Is there a way to test if the nVidia chip or the fan for heat?
>>they replaced my nVidia chip few months ago when the whole screen
>>gone.
>>
>
>My normal reading on my laptop E1405 is around 104 to 116. I notice
>when my antivirus kicks in, it goes as high as 164 but somewhere
>around 145 or 150, the fan kicks in and then it cools down pretty
>fast, especially when the scanning is done. To me 159 steady sounds
>too high. Is your vents clean? You can try to use compressed air and
>spray around the fan and vents to be sure. Maybe try a fan to
>circulate air near your 1330. Do you have the same number or almost
>the same # of processes running the first hour vs. the sixth hour? Or
>do you have something running a constant scan at some point?