Solution S-XPS 1645/1647 Throttling Issues

FlySwatter · 03-02-2010, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by danevin

I pmed Bill_B but didn't get anything back, unfortunately.

And you likely won't as Bill is not handling this anymore, it's up to you to go through support to get the adapter yourself. He posted this a few weeks back somewhere on these threads. He has biigger fish to fry.

jrm1013 · 03-02-2010, 11:57 PM

Dumb question probably, does the 130 watt adapter use a 2 or 3 prong outlet? (I live in the US)

kiseki_o_o · 03-03-2010, 12:04 AM

Are all these part numbers referring to the same 130w adapter we are getting for our 1645?

Part numbers: 330-1829, 330-1830, D232H, PA-4E, X408G

rtchar · 03-03-2010, 12:25 AM

Dell Part Numbers: PA-4E, X408G, 330-1829, D232H, 330-1830,

Manufacturer: Dell
Power Cord: Included
Input: 100-240V ~ 2.5A 50-60Hz
Output: 19.5V 6.7A
Max Out: 6.7 A
Power Provided: 130 Watts

Also noticed my old Inspiron 5160 PA-13 is probably compatible ...

Dell Part Numbers: 310-4180, 9Y819, K5294, NADP-130AB B, PA-1131-02D, D1078, 310-6580, HP-AD130B13P, TC887, W1828, TC887, 310-8275, 310-7849, TC912, 310-7848, TC912 (WITH DELL CONNECTOR 7.4MM Outside/5.0 MM Inside).

Manufacturer

ell
Power Cord: Included
Voltage Provided: 19.5 Volts
Size: 2.6" x 6.7" x 1.5"
Max Out: 6.7 A
Power Provided: 130 Watts

Turbe · 03-03-2010, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by error-id10t

No, it won't. Existing BIOS / 130W adapter / 10.3 Preview drivers have nothing to do with the GPU throttling. You experienced it yourself and even said so, it just happens that you had temps only reaching this here and there.

But everytime it hit it, it happened to you. Dell have also said this happen because of their own limit set to that. It happened on Studio 15 and previous m15x laptops also until they raised the limit via BIOS update.

Well, mine is not even close to his results, so what's different..

CPU
ATI Driver Version
Thermal Paste application?
Room Temperature? (I'm at 72F)
WLAN Card

What else should I test? Let me know if I missed anything.

I run at 82C to 84C (with furmark + prime95 + TS + full brightness), he has very severe GPU throttling.

I have not done my clean Win 7 Install, just installed these utilities and updated ATI Drivers. Additional Main Memory increases furmark fps and score.

unclewebb · 03-03-2010, 12:38 AM

Never mind

Turbe · 03-03-2010, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrm1013

Dumb question probably, does the 130 watt adapter use a 2 or 3 prong outlet? (I live in the US)

three/3 prong

Turbe · 03-03-2010, 12:55 AM

Here is after nearly 50 minutes (I was in Device Manager for a few minutes checking some things out, looks like my GPU temp went down during this time). I see my max temp was 85C

----> I will say this, the 130w slim is hot.. I can hold it, but...

Kill A Watt shows steady 117 watts during the test (above posts), now at 1h 20m

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Turbe · 03-03-2010, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by unclewebb

Never mind

we you going to ask about the temp in TS?

I didn't have TJMax in the ini, I do now, set to 105.

maxmagnum · 03-03-2010, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenn

meh, DELL wants the 90w adapter back. 1 to 1 exchange tomorrow -_-

Anyone here gets to keep their 90w adapter? I don't fancy lugging a huge black cube around

I like the slim 90W. I haven't even considered 130W yet. Some report that even with new BIOS it doesn't help much, but as for me, I have had no problems with my 1647. I don't play games, so perhaps I don't care. Some video and graphics software I used didn't give me any worrisome signs. I am not an expert, but I ran Throttlestop and FurMark just for the heck of it and got such a wide range of values, that I don't even know what to make out of them. Other than that, the laptop is just fine.