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    Does the fan get loud during when windows is installing the updates...

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Mudig, Aug 12, 2011.

  1. Mudig

    Mudig Notebook Consultant

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    for anyone else? It seems like anything I do, the fan kicks into high gear or something.
     
    Mudig, Aug 12, 2011
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    Yep, I get this too. It's to be expected.
     
    JADCampbell, Aug 12, 2011
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    Just yestrday something weird happened to me. I was playing Frozen Synapse, and Windows Update was running in the background. The game was choppy and laggy, and I realized the fan was not working at all. I've checked the back of the computer and it was INCREDIBLY warm... I can't say how many degrees, but it was not normal.

    I've immediately turned the computer off.

    Luckily so far it seems nothing was damged.

    So yes, for some reason Windows Update overheats the system, and the fan getting loud should be normal.

    You should worry if it DOESN'T get loud, as it happened to me.
     
    Marcymaru, Aug 12, 2011
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    Not for me, well It does, but not all the time, it was like just 30%-50% of the time. And only when I'm on High Performance* power plan, if on Balance* or Power Saver*.

    *all setting are unchanged except for Screen brightness and sleep setting.
     
    CGSDR, Aug 12, 2011
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