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E5420 is very loud

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by zadam, Mar 23, 2012.

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I tried to set power management to "quiet" but that doesn't help. Even when I don't use it and cpu utilization is basically 0% it still periodically turns on (and after a while off) fan. I checked cpu-z, even if it runs on 800 MHz, it's still very loud (i.e. similar to my Thinkpad X220 running under medium-high load).

It has i7 2640 which is supposed to run hotter I guess but not this much ...

Computer is brand new and set to factory settings.

I checked the internet but nobody seems to complain about it, more like the other way round, it is praised for being quite silent.

Temperature readings from "core temp" utility:
power: 4 watts
core #0: 46 Celsius
core #1: 40 Celsius

That doesn't seem much. I tried to install Dell Inspiron Inspiron/Latitude/Precision fan control but it fails to install ...

Any tips? Thanks.

zadam, Mar 23, 2012

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