Dell Inspiron 5160 - Common Faults & Maintenance

Thermal Issues and Failure

The Inspiron 5160's cooling system was poorly designed, and as a result, they have very high failure rates. Many of them are just dead now as they've baked themselves to death over time. I currently am not sure exactly what fails, but I'd guess it's probably something related to the lead-free solder issues of the time, combined with the bad thermals.



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