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Laptop fan running constantley

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  • 28-08-2011 8:04pm
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    biffontour
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭


    My laptop fan is running constantely and is eating my battery.
    I have a Dell Inspiron 1525,
    I recently got a copy of Windows 7 and have it installed and i am happy with the speed of it,
    I have a system monitor on and the heat of the CPU is normally at 80 to 95 degrees, the laptop feels very hot, it's sitting on a desk so is getting air into the fan,
    Does windows 7 change settings when you change from Vista?

    Any help would be great
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    duckysauce
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭duckysauce


    clear the air vents out with compressed air


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    biffontour
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭biffontour


    air vents are fine, i took some off and there all fine, I didn't open where the fan is to see if there is any dust in there, it's just it happened as soon as W7 was installed


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,061 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    have you installed all chipset drivers / checked on dell website ?

    for some Dell's BIOS upgrades can change fan behaviour
    in some cases they just make the fan run faster to prevent thermal problems


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    biffontour
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭biffontour


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    have you installed all chipset drivers / checked on dell website ?

    for some Dell's BIOS upgrades can change fan behaviour
    in some cases they just make the fan run faster to prevent thermal problems

    How would i go about doing that? any links you could pass on?


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    Wetbench4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Wetbench4


    This happens to my hp laptop when i switch the power plan to high performance. Have you tried changing the power plan??


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    biffontour
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭biffontour


    Wetbench4 wrote: »
    This happens to my hp laptop when i switch the power plan to high performance. Have you tried changing the power plan??

    Yeah i've tried this already, tried going into power management n everything but doesn't seem to work,


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    Allyall
    Registered Users Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    biffontour wrote: »
    How would i go about doing that? any links you could pass on?

    http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs

    and enter your service tag.

    BIOS update may make a difference.


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