Greetings
A few weeks ago I initiated a discussion on Dell XPS laptops of various
vintages.
One thing I requested was information on people's experience (if any )
with Dell XPS 13 9380s (of 2019 vintage). I have since acquired a
refurbished variant, and have installed F38 on it. It seems to be working
very well. The USB-C comment was very helpful: the machine is rife with
USB-C connections, so conversion adaptors from USB-A to USB-C are
necessary for legacy/residual devices.
The motivation for the purchase was that my Dell XPS 13 L322X (of 2013
vintage) had been overheating and I wasn't sure what the proper remedy
should be. Once I had the 9380 working, I did some research on the L322X
and purchased a new fan for it. Not only did I install it, I refitted the
CPU heat sink. As it turns out, the thermal grease had dried, some of
which flaked away. After scraping the dried grease off, reapplying a new
layer, reseating the heatsink, and replacing the fan, the L322X runs about
50-70 degrees F lower (using the lm_sensors package to verify), where
before it had been breaching. (Also, the L322X's keyboard had become more
difficult to use with some keys repeating whle other keys becoming
somewhat unresponsive; along with the fan and heatsink I replaced the
keyboard).
fyi,
Max
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