Dell 600m fan turning on for no reason

I recently bought a Dell 600m with the following specs:

1.8 GHz Pentium M
64 Mb Graphics
80 Gb Hard Drive
1 Gb of RAM
Everything else pretty much standard


My problem is that the fan is turning on when I am not using the laptop. I keep it on all the time, but the only thing that is constantly running is Trillian. The lid is closed all day while I'm at work, and the fan is running when I get home. Sometimes, I won't even use it when I get home, meaning that I won't use it for over 24 hours, but the fan still turns on.

I hope that this is not happening because I keep it on all the time. It would be very annoying to have to turn it off whenever I'm not using it, as I like to keep Trillian running constantly. Anyone have any insight into this problem? (Well not really a problem, just more of an annoyance).

-Jim

 

The I600m is known to produce a lot of heat, and the fan will have to turn on frequently as long as the unit is on, whether it is being used or not. The fan on my Gateway comes on even when the unit is sitting unused; this is just a fact of life for some notebooks. You can try doing some things to cool the computer down, cush as undervolting, adding a chill mat of some kind, or even applying some Arctic Silver thermal paste (that last one will void your warranty, however). Personally, I would just ignore it unless the unit seems to be overheating dangerously or it's causing you to lose sleep or something.

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OK, thanks for the info.