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Sounds like you got a lemon of a paste job. My XPS 15 is able to run with a full load on all cores for hours at a time. Similarly, gaming on it doesn't seem to
by JamesMcMinn 8y ago
Sounds like you got a lemon of a paste job. My XPS 15 is able to run with a full load on all cores for hours at a time. Similarly, gaming on it doesn't seem to cause any issues.
It's possible that external factors are the issue (such as ambient temperatures), however I'd wager that a proper repaste of both the CPU and GPU would improve cooling.
By default the XPS (and actually most Dell laptops) seem to come set to RAID rather than AHCI, which is likely the BIOS change you're referring to.