Morning, all. Haven't posted here for several years, but I think you guys might be able to help with this.
I recently treated myself to a refurbished Dell Latitude D630, to replace a very elderly Inspiron 1100 that finally popped its clogs.
I'm not a Windows user; haven't run it for almost a decade. I'm a Linux geek instead! Obviously, this being the case, it's a question of running the update from within a bootable DOS environment instead. I don't have any probs with that.
My question is this:-
This machine is one of those that Dell kitted-out with the infamous GVS-135m Nvidia mobile chip; the one that ran very hot, and gave all the trouble with the cracking lead-free solder the industry had just switched to around that time.
Now; Dell, it seems, DID release a BIOS update with a modified thermal ramp that made the (admittedly quiet) fan run more frequently to keep the heating/cooling cycles to a minimum. Currently, I have the A17 BIOS installed.
Out of the A17 & A19 BIOS releases, does anybody happen to know which one applied this thermal ramp modification? Do I already have it, or do I need to upgrade to the A19 variant?
TIA.
Mike.
I recently treated myself to a refurbished Dell Latitude D630, to replace a very elderly Inspiron 1100 that finally popped its clogs.
I'm not a Windows user; haven't run it for almost a decade. I'm a Linux geek instead! Obviously, this being the case, it's a question of running the update from within a bootable DOS environment instead. I don't have any probs with that.
My question is this:-
This machine is one of those that Dell kitted-out with the infamous GVS-135m Nvidia mobile chip; the one that ran very hot, and gave all the trouble with the cracking lead-free solder the industry had just switched to around that time.
Now; Dell, it seems, DID release a BIOS update with a modified thermal ramp that made the (admittedly quiet) fan run more frequently to keep the heating/cooling cycles to a minimum. Currently, I have the A17 BIOS installed.
Out of the A17 & A19 BIOS releases, does anybody happen to know which one applied this thermal ramp modification? Do I already have it, or do I need to upgrade to the A19 variant?
TIA.
Mike.
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