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    Noiseproblem with the 3201XCi

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by nic, Nov 13, 2004.

  1. nic

    nic Newbie

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    Hello, I got the Acer Travelmate 3201XCi not to long ago. I´m pleased with it. However, there is one major poblem. The noise.

    I have tried shutting everything off, putting the CPUspeed to low and setting the Graficcard to long baterylife. Still, it goes 5 min without the fan turning a single time, then it turns on and makes a quite iritating noice for 20 sek after withc it goes off again. This is when the computer is idling, I´m not even using word.

    Is there any way to get rid of this?
     
    nic, Nov 13, 2004
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    morgois Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not that I know of. The only really quite notebooks I've ever seen are the Apple notebooks...
     
    morgois, Nov 13, 2004
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    Airborne Notebook Enthusiast

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    the fan doesn't turn on with mine when the AC power is not plugged in :p
     
    Airborne, Nov 14, 2004
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    Spiff1333 Newbie

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    nic,

    Does this happen when it is running off the battery or when you have it plugged in with the AC cord?
     
    Spiff1333, Nov 14, 2004
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    chaiseylain Notebook Guru

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    Yeh, this is normal. It ain't that bad.. cept mabe when you're working in a deaf quiet library - then it's quite noticable
     
    chaiseylain, Nov 14, 2004
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    nic Newbie

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    It hapends boath when it´s running on battery and AC. Wheter it is running on hig or low CPUspeed and if the videocart is set to performance or long battery doesn´t seem to have any major impact on hov often the fan jumps in.

    yepp, it´s not a major problem at home but it can bee quite anoying in librarys and other public places.

    It´s not to bad to have the fan running but there only seams to be two speeds, "high" and "realy high".
     
    nic, Nov 14, 2004
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