onlyone0001 Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 I did a lot of searching, and apparently a lot of M170's are overheating just like mine. I'm using Vista X86, and tried a lot of drivers. Dell's "original" drivers do look bad, at least with HL2 EP2. And with 150-160 drivers, my notebook is just closes itself after a bit of gaming. (3 minutes) With the 171.16 drivers it doesn't shut down, but at 105 C, PowerMizer enables coreclockdown, and the games start heavy stuttering. I tried underclocking , from 400/1060 even to 320/920, didn't seem to work. So now, i'm thinking of increasing the voltages with a change on the Video Bios. (From 1.1V to 1.2V) Would it work, or will it get even worse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerBob Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Hi there, i had the same problem. Solution was that one of my fans wasn't running at full speed anymore. And what i think was the reasons for that was missing airflow in the coppercooler caused by dust. There was a mat of dust just between the fan and the cooler so that there was nearly no airflow anymore. I open my Laptop at least every 5-6months now to remove the dust. A manual how to open your notebook you find here --> http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs...en/sm/index.htm I also like to add that my graphicscard was damaged by overheating and had to be replaced, thank god i could extend my warranty at Dell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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