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    Random Fan Bursts

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by blab8811, Nov 10, 2010.

  1. blab8811

    blab8811 Notebook Consultant

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    As the title says I am having random fan speed bursts... my GPU is over-clocked with EVGA and the fan will kick on randomly on 100% speed when the GPU is at resting temps. No programs using it at all. They only last for about 3 seconds then they go back to normal speed but I was wondering why they are doing this.
     
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    Whats your bios version?

    What driver are you using??
     
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    Ao3

    259.99
     
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    Did everything go alright wile installing A03? The fan should have picked up for 5 minutes then stop...

    Hmmm 259.99 drivers I used for a while worked fine on mine. Can you log the cpu temp with speedfan for a bit or evga the temps.
     
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    Maybe your air vents are clogged with dust? I used a duster remover can on my friend's laptop and he had a big chunk of dust coming out from the vent and i was like wow. His laptop was overheating to the point where my fingers were melting. Now everything back to normal.
     
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    GPU stays around 48-51 degrees Celsius when resting. When under load the max I have seen is 74. But it only has the random bursts when it is resting. And no my laptop is just 2 weeks old it cant be clogged up already...
     
    blab8811, Nov 12, 2010
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