>   Time | CPU | Ambient | SODIMM
> -------+------+---------+--------










>  ...


OK, so I just signed out our officially certified calibrated laboratory 
thermometer and took some measurements.


wedged the end of the probe into the exhaust vent of the laptop and 



The ambient temperature in our meeting room (which has a nice, large 

against the CPU heat-sink. I'm not 100% sure about how reliable this is. 
Before I started the test, the laptop was still warm from the previous 

slowly decreasing as I watched it.

I then fired the laptop up, still balanced on its side, with the exhaust 





I did find that if I wedge the probe into a certain spot, I could get 


So, what do we think, folks? Is pressing the tip of a long metal probe 
against a metal heat-sink a reliable way to get a temperature reading? 



when the heat-sink is so warm? Will Dell give a damn?

Actually, scrub that last one - I already know the answer...

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