hell yes, it was worth it.. v.inspiron9100batterylifeandheat
09-06-2006, 08:57 PM
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hell yes, it was worth it.. v.inspiron9100batterylifeandheat
i have a dell inspiron 9100 notebook PC.
i bought it almost exactly 2 years ago, and i've always liked this thing except for two annoyances:
1- battery life sucks
2- it gets hot
given that it's a desktop P4 in there, i guess it wasn't really that much of a surprise.
that said, a while back i read that with a northwood P4, it will run cooler, as will battery life increase. today i decided to give it a try. my desktop has a northwood P4 2.4CGHz. the laptop, a prescott P4 2.8EGHz. i swapped them. i also used arctic silver 5 as a thermal compound.
the results? holy shit. the temp is now hovering at around 100F as i type this thread, whereas before idle temp was at i think 127F.
right now battery is at 79%, and it's telling me i still have 2 hours remaining. i expect this to go up as the battery adjusts. before, i don't think i had 2 hours at a full charge. at this point it'd probably be telling me 1:15..
under load, i think i got the old proc. to 130s.. this time, 110s.
further testing to be done, but man, i'm freakin' psyched. and yes, i'm a nerd.
oh, and now my desktop (read: gaming PC) will get a faster proc. win, win all around.
cliffs: i swapped my prescott P4 in my laptop for a northwood P4, and the processor temperature has dropped by as much as 30 degrees at idle, and battery life has noticably increased.
i bought it almost exactly 2 years ago, and i've always liked this thing except for two annoyances:
1- battery life sucks
2- it gets hot
given that it's a desktop P4 in there, i guess it wasn't really that much of a surprise.
that said, a while back i read that with a northwood P4, it will run cooler, as will battery life increase. today i decided to give it a try. my desktop has a northwood P4 2.4CGHz. the laptop, a prescott P4 2.8EGHz. i swapped them. i also used arctic silver 5 as a thermal compound.
the results? holy shit. the temp is now hovering at around 100F as i type this thread, whereas before idle temp was at i think 127F.
right now battery is at 79%, and it's telling me i still have 2 hours remaining. i expect this to go up as the battery adjusts. before, i don't think i had 2 hours at a full charge. at this point it'd probably be telling me 1:15..
under load, i think i got the old proc. to 130s.. this time, 110s.
further testing to be done, but man, i'm freakin' psyched. and yes, i'm a nerd.
oh, and now my desktop (read: gaming PC) will get a faster proc. win, win all around.
cliffs: i swapped my prescott P4 in my laptop for a northwood P4, and the processor temperature has dropped by as much as 30 degrees at idle, and battery life has noticably increased.
09-06-2006, 09:05 PM
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hmm.. 95F is too low. trying to find intel's list of operating temps.
so far i came across this:
http://www.intel.com/support/process...Specifications
so far i came across this:
http://www.intel.com/support/process...Specifications
