Overheating Problems Plague E6400 and E6500-based Dell Laptops
Overheating Problems Plague E6400 and E6500-based Dell Laptops
Posted 12/01/2009 at 10:15am
| by Paul Lilly
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Is it getting hot in here, or is it just your Dell laptop? Many are complaining it's the latter, with what looks to be hundreds of owners of E6400 and E6500 series Dell notebooks complaining of performance issues, including throttling down by as much as 95 percent under normal operating conditions, Engadget reports.
The problem appears to be due to an oversensitive BIOS prone to dialing down clockspeeds and bringing notebooks to a near screeching halt at the first sign of heat. It's something that's been brought to Dell's attention long ago, but according to Engadget, the OEM has been censoring some posts on its forums rather than fixing the issue.
One user who went by the name Tinkerdude (and is now banned) even went to far as creating a 59-page PDF describing the problem in all its gory detail.
Further reading (be patient - links have been slashdotted):
Dell Forum Thread
Notebook Review Forum Thread
Tinkerdude's PDF
Image Credit: Dell
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LionelatDell
December 03, 2009 at 1:20am
Here's a link to my post on Direct2Dell:http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/12/02/dell-on-laptops-and-throttling.aspx
Thanks,
LionelatDell
LionelatDell
December 01, 2009 at 4:02pm
We’re aware of concerns raised in this post. At this point, our teams are looking into the details. When we have more information to share, we’ll update customers via a post on Dell’s blog, Direct2Dell.
bathtbgin
December 01, 2009 at 7:32pm
I've had an E6400 for about a year now, and after the "ultrasharp" display that looks worse than most those on most budget laptops, the absolutely terrible track-pad, unstable drivers, DCP's ability to add an extra minute to startup time, and now the revelation that the performance problems I've been experiencing since day one are actually the result of a known BIOS issue, I can assure you that i will not be purchasing a Dell product again.
nekollx
December 01, 2009 at 6:29pm
Nice to know...but...
Why did you ban a guy and depete posts detaling a problem? This is not what i expect from the company we get our PC exclusivly from...what else are you hiding? Should we we worrying about our Vostros? Studios? XPS?
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knighttoday
December 01, 2009 at 11:03am
Please note that the 'Tinkerdude's PDF link is going to a message indicating I must login to see it.
nekollx
December 01, 2009 at 10:33am
When will companies learn, you can't hide the facts on the internet, it remembers EVERYTHING
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