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

  • ⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻OPEnglish
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    26 days ago

    There’s not really a lot I can fix apart from the hinge thing. I’ve got a feeling that the other three issues may be related to me using Linux instead of Windows (which this laptop was clearly designed for). I’ve tried several Linux distros on this thing: Manjaro, Debian, Pop!_OS, Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation, Fedora Silverblue, Void Linux, Arch Linux and now Project Bluefin but the issues seem constant across all distros. I haven’t tried Windows 11 again but tbh I’d rather watch Raygun than use Windows 11 Home edition.

    Something else I’ve found out is that 11th gen intel just runs hot in general. The RTX 3050 is somehow causing me less issues.

        • No1
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          26 days ago

          Beware! google bios version and your model number before you flash it to check for issues.

          I had a Dell g15 and certain Bios versions had different fan/thermal profiles that screwed performance.