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Bruno · 01-02-2008, 08:36 AM

I deal with Dell's all day at work and I can suggest a few things to try that have worked for me in the past:

1. Go to the Dell site and download the most current BIOS for your machine. This is easily accomplished using the service tag# from the side of your PC case.

2. Arctic Silver has a very good cleaner/purifier set for under $10 that should work well for you. Flip the CPU shroud up and out of the way and you will see the very straight forward heatsink mounting clips/setup inside. Remove the heatsink and processor > use the Arctic Silver cleaner/purifier drops to clean and prep both pieces then reinstall the processor > apply Arctic Silver thermal paste evenly on the processor top and reinstall the heatsink.

3. Check to make sure the fan on the back of the PC is blowing OUT towards the back of the case. It should be removing heated air from the processor.

Hope this helps!

01-02-2008, 08:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
Bruno Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 23 OS: XP Professional SP3	Re: Dell cooling problems... I deal with Dell's all day at work and I can suggest a few things to try that have worked for me in the past: 1. Go to the Dell site and download the most current BIOS for your machine. This is easily accomplished using the service tag# from the side of your PC case. 2. Arctic Silver has a very good cleaner/purifier set for under $10 that should work well for you. Flip the CPU shroud up and out of the way and you will see the very straight forward heatsink mounting clips/setup inside. Remove the heatsink and processor > use the Arctic Silver cleaner/purifier drops to clean and prep both pieces then reinstall the processor > apply Arctic Silver thermal paste evenly on the processor top and reinstall the heatsink. 3. Check to make sure the fan on the back of the PC is blowing OUT towards the back of the case. It should be removing heated air from the processor. Hope this helps!