oh ok how do you keep the temperature way below 45c? that reading really beats our 17" and 100W heatsink all the way :/

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This post has been edited by horns: Nov 21 2013, 05:14 PM

try to get the temps when playing Crysis 3 ok I wanna know.

no, he didnt change the fan. he just put a new card in.

hopefully things will be fine after they check your laptop out.

call them and say u got heating issues. Then they will replace the heatsink + fan for both GPU and CPU

GPU temp is at 66 when the fan goes full blast. this is while in game.

from what i have read, 65c to 75c is when the fan kicks in. (imo your gpu is fine; my r4's fan will go at full speed when the temperature is high enough, too).

if you wanna ask tech support to come look, i think what mansooriqbal suggested make sense.

Bro even if you're not happy you just call them. It is Dell MY policy.. they wont ask you questions... they will just send a guy over with replacement parts that is if they have stock or they will update you when you have stock and then they will send over technician. So with no cost your fan + heaksink + thermal will be replaced. Btw DO inform them to send thermal stickers for ur CPU or GPU too. In my case they didnt send it so I called them and explained them thoroughly what was missing then they send over new heak sinks again new fans again n thermal pads too

Alienware imo is the most premium gaming laptop.. for which dell has been appointed... why? because for premium after sales ... so don't you worry! all ur problems will be solved as you have warranty (y)

Thanks to all who replied.

appreciate the response. anyway, will call them.

what is the normal temp and max temp of i7 740QM ?

sorry no idea. i guess google can be of help.

great. now my machine is dead. the rep forced to install bios. now BSOD.. aiyo..

uh? how come need to force install bios?

i dont know. i keep telling him not to install.. still.. aiyo.. i told them i had heating issues after vc replacement. he wanted to try his sh*T and this happened. im reinstalling as of the moment because im sure thats whats gonna happen.

maybe he thought the real culprit is the bios. nevermind.. new mobo on the way. silap silap new laptop :/

well i checked the sata operation mode. it is on RAID. before i was on AHCI. so most probably ill install another windows, backup the files and complete reinstall everything.. aiyo.. i got ssd so no issues with the reinstall i guess.

sorry for posting. i fixed the problem. i changed the raid to AHCI.. then boom.. it booted normally. cheers.. i recommend notebookreview.com. its a good site for AW users too..

i was about to tell you that after bios defaults loaded, you should change it back to ahci. i thought i screwed up mine previously; but it turned out fine.

You're correct on that. it loads the bios default. ) anyway its working now.. can play.. haha.. will wait for tech for fan replacement and heatsink