I’ve had this Dell Inspiron 15 7510 for a couple of years now. It has an Intel Core i7-11800H (8C/16T) and an RTX 3050 Mobile (4gb) and 16GB of RAM with a 512GB NVME SSD. It’s served me well but it’s been really niggling me as of late:

  • The i7 runs HOT for whatever reason and the fans will go loud because of this, while doing light work (it’s doing it right now and I’ve only got FF open).
  • The plastic that holds the hinge in place finally snapped so I need to replace the entire top lid.
  • The battery will only last for 2Hrs (and that’s as long as it has ever lasted)
  • F*ck NVIDIA on Linux

Whatever I decide to do I’m going to need to replace that lid.

Is it worth trying to sell it (after repairing it) and using that to offset a Framework laptop (which might be cheaper in the long run)? Or should I just keep using it for the next couple of years to get full value from it?

I don’t need a really powerful laptop anymore since I’ve bought a Dell (I know right) T7910 second hand which I’ve upgraded to 64GB of RAM and an RX Vega 56 which is more than enough for any of my gaming and high performance computing needs (I study Computational Science and Physics at university). The main thing that matters is Linux compatibility

  • zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago
    • The i7 runs HOT for whatever reason and the fans will go loud because of this, while doing light work (it’s doing it right now and I’ve only got FF open).

    If it’s gotten worse over time it could be a dust problem.

    If it’s always been like this, then either the thermal design is just bad (which is possible), or maybe the heatsink wasn’t installed correctly (poor contact, possibly poor application of thermal paste).

    Could also be that fan profile is over-reactive and you might be able to revise them down. Have you checked the CPU temps?

    • F*ck NVIDIA on Linux

    100%

    • ⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      If it’s always been like this, then either the thermal design is just bad (which is possible), or maybe the heatsink wasn’t installed correctly (poor contact, possibly poor application of thermal paste).

      It’s always been like this regrettably, I think it’s because they’ve tried to cram these gaming laptop components into a relatively thin laptop and me being an idiot gobbled it all up. In the past people have complained about it on Reddit by the looks of things. I went into the BIOS and changed the thermal settings to “Quiet” (it was on “Ultra Performance”) which doesn’t seem to have made too much of an impact. This is the temp and usage at the moment:

      Running quite a few Firefox tabs