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post #1 of 5
4/12/06 at 1:32am
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Just wondering what types of things you all do for maintenance of your computer. I just got an XPS 140, and I'm looking toward making it last for a few years. Also, what type of temp. monitoring do you guys use? Thanks in advance. I'm pretty new to all this.
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post #2 of 5
4/12/06 at 5:25am
The only maintenance I've done are defragmenting the HDD once in a while and blowing out the dust on the bottom of the laptop with a can of compressed air. Otherwise, my laptop has been stable with no hiccups since I bought it last year in September.
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post #3 of 5
4/12/06 at 8:19am
Notebook Hardware Control is good for monitoring temps.
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post #4 of 5
4/17/06 at 4:38pm
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Originally Posted by SPEEDwithJJ
Notebook Hardware Control is good for monitoring temps.
Interesting choice. Seems it might be a good tool to see what's happening with the innards. But use cautiously with any optional settings.
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post #5 of 5
4/17/06 at 9:07pm
NHC is a good program to check up on some of the internal workings. Some on this forum even use it to undervolt.

As for maintenance clean the screen occasionally (there's a thread in here somewhere on how to do it properly, do a search), blow out the air vents and keyboard. As for programs check out the Dell FAQ thread. It's stickied in this section. It has the answers to a lot of questions and has some good programs to check out.
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