Reason CPU cooler needs upgrade. Information from another tech forum
Does anybody know of a cooler (fan and heatsink) better than the original cooler (35 watts) that will fit in the "Dell Inspiron 1000" case ??
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http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f108/dell-inspiron-1000-upgrades-561547.html
I experimented and tried something as I have mentioned running music videos. These music videos
are low def. 480 to 240. Discovered something important, everyone knows these run hot enough to
cook an egg, so I removed screen bezel while flipping up keyboard to run a small house fan over
cpu, co cpu.
This made a big difference in ability for dell to handle videos, EVEN full screen video.
Occasional hiccup sometimes temp. to catch up. Runs many times better!! The small fan for cpu
is insufficient at keeping properly cooled, reducing performance. House fan ran over cpu units
w/ keyboard up.
Noticed two other things:
1) video in small screen runs better and main cpu runs cooler, cpu built in fan stays OFF with
added on house fan venting dell's interior
2) Same video in full screen mode makes cpu run much hotter, activating the built in cpu fan
controlled by a thermal setting. Video still plays fine w/ added on vent fan over cpu's. Full
screen video IS NOT possible w/ out added on big fan for good air flow.
The cooling fan is seriously insufficient, I guess good enough to avoid failures, but suffers
performance. I guess fan is small to promote battery life.
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