Dell D620 Fan Noise

I am considering buying a D620 but I'm very picky about fan noise. Does the fan come on often on the D620? If it does how loud or fast does it run? I would like a very quiet laptop. I know there is probably a difference depending if you get the integrated graphics or not. Anyone own a D620 with or without a dedicated graphics card that could help me out?

 

I own a D620 with the Nvidia GPU. It is perfect. I have NO fan noise like i have on my HP Pavillion.

 

however, i have a d620 and it is VERY LOUD. the fan runs non stop and...I absolutely HATE the computer. It is by far the worst computer i have ever owned. This one was work supplied...so i had no input. To let you know how bad it is, i purchased a 2k thinkpad with my own money for work to replace it.

The screen on my d620 is also lousy. so dull...my new z61m is considerably brighter.

My experience with Dell has been equally bad. We purchased a home computer from dell and luckily bought the full service warranty, because both hard drives have failed. Although they were replaced at no cost to us, the data we lost was not.

I can honestly say, i will never buy another Dell product. there is a reason they are relatively inexpensive.

 

Also - wireless adapter on my 620 was faulty from the factory. Dell sent me a replacement, which i installed at the cost of one of the keyboard keys (AARRRRGGGH). This one was followed by another after 4 months of use ( i would rate myself as tough on computers thought).

Also the extended battery (sticks out the front) is RETARDED.

 

I realize this may be an old thread, but I wonder if recent D620's owners still face the same fan problem. The fan on my D620 runs almost all the time. The applications I typically run include Outlook, MSWord (2-3 simultaneous instances), and IE (multiple windows). Based on the Task Manager, these applications barely consume any CPU. Their memory needs are also reasonable (e.g., 50MB for Outlook, 50MB for WINWORD.exe, etc.). The laptop has 2GB of RAM.

Is it normal that the fan is on most of the time? I do not see any other memory or CPU-intensive activity in the task manager that would make the computer that busy.

Thanks

MKrunz

 

my fan runds all the time. even worse it goes in spurts. aweful. this is one lousy notebook.

 

Set the cpu voltages to the possible minimum on every clock-step. My T2080 works well on 1.075V even with full load on max frekvency.
I used RMClock but I had some problem with it around throttle-set when plugging in/pulling out the power cord, so now I use NHC (notebook hardware control)

I had the same problem. (noisy fan, hot cpu, under full load over 80 celsius)
I disassembled the notebook, cleaned the cooling system, adjusted the heat conducter "plasticine" I have found between the cpu and heatsink, and now it runs so quiet and cool.
Now under full load (wprime 2 thread + 3d intensive graphics... 945GMA ), it produces 60 celsius and slowest fan speed.
The interesting thing is, that on the same fan-speed it was far more louder before I cleaned it.

 

I recently acquired a used D620. T2300 and the Intel IGP; for the most part it really isn't all that loud, but it isn't that quiet either. Initially upon startup, the fan doesn't run at all, til the processor heats up to somewhere around 60 degrees. Then the fan will run it down to about 30 degrees, and the cycle starts over. This was similar to the cooling cycles I experienced on my D830.

Just off the top of my head, I'd say it's about 15 minutes fan off, followed by 10 minutes fan off, under light use and under the latest BIOS as of December, 2008. I do, however, have my T2300 undervolted at 0.9500 across the board, so your fan noise may vary, especially if you have an NVS whatever-it-was-in-the-D620. I'd imagine constant fan-on wouldn't be unusual with a higher spec processor or GPU.

Also, the bottom of the machine does get pretty hot just before the fan kicks in around 60 degrees. It's much warmer than my E6400 to the point that I wouldn't use it bed for very long. Never had any stability problems due to heat though. In general, it's not a bad notebook, just not as cool or quiet as others.