How to: Improve your XPS M1330 Cooling

[shelleyevans]

Kudos to you and this mysterious zed fella with the er, "engineering" diagram

Thanks for reminding us. Who *was* that masked man?

[MPC]

where can I buy the proper sized metal sheet? the uk store won't respond

[shelleyevans]

www.onlinemetals.com

You can order a custom cut copper 110 sheet, 1.64mm thick, .55 x .55 inches (they will only accept the cut in inches). You might even be able to call them on the phone and get them do give you the exact specs-- I only got as far as poking around online.

Note: this is not a recommendation. I ended up giving my hard earned $12.00 to the shop in the UK.

[MPC]

how long did it take the uk company to reply to your email?

[shelleyevans]

Less than an hour. Maybe you caught them on holiday.

[Lao]

Yes it is safe. Just remove the heat sink slowly and carefully.

Checked the temps again using 3DMark 2006 for stressing the GPU on my XPS M1330:



Now it sits at around 47-48 when browsing.

Ambient temp is 25-26 degrees.

[Hep!]

Just ordered copper, thermal grease, new M1330 motherboard.

Should be doing this mod again soon

[traveller]

Checked the temps again using 3DMark 2006 for stressing the GPU on my XPS M1330:

Awesome! 69C max is music to [your] ears, I bet, hehe

[Lao]

HEhe! Yes it is. Too bad (or not) the laptop is for sale. )

[MPC]

I just ordered my copper

the guy was very nice