how to tell when your fan is going

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99GrandAmSE

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• Oct 30, 2005

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Hey, does anyone know when its time to buy a new fan? I've had this laptop for a little over a year...and when the computer idle's i can like here a whirring noise or something...maybe its nothing...

Kyle

 

ozzlo

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• Oct 30, 2005

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nahhhh... wirring just means it's probbably spinning faster than normal... you should shoot some air into the heatsync to clear out some of the dust...

 

ps2cho

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• Oct 30, 2005

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my laptop overheats and the fan sounds like a jetplane...Feel lucky.

 

voodoomelon

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• Oct 30, 2005

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99GrandAmSE said:

Hey, does anyone know when its time to buy a new fan? I've had this laptop for a little over a year...and when the computer idle's i can like here a whirring noise or something...maybe its nothing...

Kyle

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Are you sure it's the fan and not the hard drive? If it's the latter, you may have some processes (perhaps programs, viruses or spyware) that are running unnecessarily....

The system fan should only increase speed and hence noise, with an increase in temperature....

 

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Benvanz

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• Oct 31, 2005

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the hard drive?

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Tebore

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• Oct 31, 2005

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99 GrandAmse do you own or are you a member of gaownersclub?

You can usually blow air in to the fan or take it apart and reoil it.