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Hot 4700 Dimension
Received a new Dell Dimension 4700 last week. It is running hot to
the touch (ie. case is hot). Is this normal? It is not in an enclosed area. Thanks. ~k |
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Are all the fans working? Can you feel the air exhausting?
"Kmee" wrote in message ... Received a new Dell Dimension 4700 last week. It is running hot to the touch (ie. case is hot). Is this normal? It is not in an enclosed area. Thanks. ~k |
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"snert" wrote in message ... Are all the fans working? Can you feel the air exhausting? "Kmee" wrote in message ... Received a new Dell Dimension 4700 last week. It is running hot to the touch (ie. case is hot). Is this normal? It is not in an enclosed area. Thanks. ~k |
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"Kmee" wrote:
Received a new Dell Dimension 4700 last week. It is running hot to the touch (ie. case is hot). Is this normal? It is not in an enclosed area. That's not normal. Better call Dell. See these: http://tinyurl.com/db732 http://tinyurl.com/d3uca |
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"Kmee" wrote in message ... Received a new Dell Dimension 4700 last week. It is running hot to the touch (ie. case is hot). Is this normal? It is not in an enclosed area. I imagine that a reversed CPU fan equipped 4700 with a 550 running balls to the wall for a couple of hours would get a bit toasty and the case would feel noticeably warmer than the case of a similarly equipped machine with better cooling. But unless you perform some kind of controlled test across two similar 4700's, or do so with someone else and compare measured temps, I'm not sure how you would get a good feel for whether yours is getting hotter than what is to be expected. One obvious thing to do would be to carefully expect the machine and the path the air takes, looking for any obstructions. Another basic thing you could check is that the variable speed CPU fan is stepping up in response to higher temperatures. If you fire up a cold box in a cool room the fan should be at its lowest setting. If you run a CPU benchmarking program for awhile, the system will heat up and you should hear the CPU fan speed increase. Someone mentioned that the diagnostics include a fan speed test, and if so it wouldn't hurt to take a look at that. Somewhere else I read that, at least on certain Dells, if you go into system setup there is a fan speed related setting. Something else to experiment with. Let us know what happens. |
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