700m fan/heat problem

maybe its because you left your 700M on for 10 days straight.

did you leave it on AC charge for 10 days?

hmmm

I leave mine on all the time. I live in Riverside, CA, where 100+ summer temps are the norm. It's hot as hell, and my 700m is always at around 55C.

I've never seen it go higher than 58 or so ... but then I haven't been stress testing it, just running downloads and wireless constantly ... but that's enough stress to keep the temp fairly high.

At this temp, the fan never comes on ... it doesn't come on till the 700m gets hotter, I think. I haven't actually heard it come on in ages, it's basically passive right now. How hot is yours running? check mobile meter to get an exact temperature ... mine feels pretty hot at 55, but it's running stable and it's only so hot because the fan isn't kicking in (and because I live in a hot, hot place). I'd rather have it at 55 or so and passive than 40 with the fan running ... it'll last longer this way.

However, if you're concerned about it, and you plan on letting it run for prolonged periods again, there are two things I'd consider:

Buy a monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Plug them into the notebook, and turn the notebook over - if you have it upside down the airflow is much better, and the temperature will drop. Mine runs without the fan on, even in this hot place, at around 45, if it's upside down. 55 if it's not.

buy a notebook cooler.

Oh, also:
If it turns out that the fan *should* be kicking in, and that it's running too hot, I'd open it up and check the fan. Call dell and have a techie walk you through this if you can. It's sometimes counter-productive to blow compressed air into fans, so you know - it can get dust wedged into the bearings, though sometimes it helps.

Wow, 48 normal and 70 on max load? That's hot and not in the good way. That's a price you pay for a thinner, lighter, smaller notebook

It should be warm but not hot enough for you to not touch it.

What kind of temps do you get with your i600M ? I think 48C and 70C is pretty good. How much lower are your temps???

On the 600m, the typical cpu temp is in the mid to high 30's. On high load it can get to 60 max but with undervolting it'll stay in the high 40's to a max of 50. I reccomend you undervolt as welll but it will make the most notable difference only when the cpu is fully loaded and it won't have much of an effect on your idle temps.

wow those are low temps, I undervolted my 700M and its at 47-49 idle and 64-66 on full load(0.7V at 600mhz and 1.1V at 1800mhz) before undervolting my temps were 53-57 idle and 70 full load. but i never hear my fan on and its a small case so maybe thats why it gets hotter, but i am impressed with those low temps, I might undervolt even more now to see how low i can get my temps.

Can't safely go lower than 0.7V in minimal settings, but you may be able to drop the 1.1V, just be sure to stress test it for errors. My 700M will be coming this week and I plan on undervolting as well. On my 9300 the settings are 0.7V @ 800mhz and 1.1V @1600mhz, battery life increased by 20 minutes and CPU temp decreased by 2-3 degrees, but the 9300 idles in the 30-40's anyway.