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    Cool Air Coming Out of Vent?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by blair.harrington, Apr 5, 2008.

  1. blair.harrington

    blair.harrington Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just had the fan replaced on my Inspiron 6000. Now cool air is coming out of the back of the vent on the back left hand side when the computer is running. Is this normal? I ran an extended diagnostic test and everything came out fine.
     
    blair.harrington, Apr 5, 2008
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  2. Bowlerguy92

    Bowlerguy92 Notebook Deity

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    Congrats.........your computer isn't hot.
     
    Bowlerguy92, Apr 5, 2008
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    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    hahahahahaha + rep for the comment :p
     
    X2P, Apr 5, 2008
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    That's a good sign, buddy. ;)
     
    pixelot, Apr 5, 2008
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  5. blair.harrington

    blair.harrington Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks guys. i had so many headaches with the fan, so anything resembling a positive sign is great news.
     
    blair.harrington, Apr 5, 2008
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  6. shawnhao

    shawnhao Notebook Consultant

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    Damn...I want a laptop like yours...
    My 1530 is so hot(no, not in a good way) that you could literarily fry eggs on right the aluminum case....(well...almost....hehe...)
     
    shawnhao, Apr 5, 2008
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  7. SteveJonesy

    SteveJonesy Notebook Evangelist

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    He hasn't got the 1.825v you have running through your CPU ;)
     
    SteveJonesy, Apr 6, 2008
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