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    Dell Inspiron's fan

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by galatians05.22, Jun 18, 2005.

  1. galatians05.22

    galatians05.22 Newbie

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    Anyone notice the Dell inspiron system, or CPU's fan is kind of annoying? I have a i6000 before and now I am using i9300, the fan is just....keep running, and never stop... especially when I am working in the middle of night, the noice is so obvious.

    Anyone have the same experience and is there any problem can able to change the fan speed a little bit?
     
    galatians05.22, Jun 18, 2005
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  2. mikeakajb

    mikeakajb Notebook Consultant

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    slowing down the fan speed could cause you 9300 to over heat because of the much bigger video card... my 6000d has the fan come on 2k rpms around 40-45 degrees C and kicks into 3.9k rpms around 50 or to drop down my internal temp to 35 degrees C...

    YOu could always use something to force your computer into the lower clock speed... I do that purposively... when my computer is on the optimal battery setting for the video card and 800 mhz no fan on.. it idles around 31 degrees c and takes away to get upto 40 fo rthe fan to kick in.

    Dell I6000d
    1.86 ghz
    1 gig 400mhz ram
    80 gig HD
    Intel Pro 2915 a/b/g Wireless
    15.4 " WXGA
    Ati X300 128 mb
    Nec Dvd +- RW 6500A
     
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  3. LuckMC11

    LuckMC11 Computer Extraoirdinaire NBR Reviewer

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    is it good 2 have the fans on all the time??...or is it jus the noise that's annoying ppl and that's y they dont want the fans on all the time??

    6/14-Ordered Inspiron 9300 wit:1.86 GHZ Pentium M | 512 MB DDR RAM | 80 GB hard drive | 256 NVidia GeForce Go 6800
    Update-6/20: Expected Shipping
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    LuckMC11, Jun 21, 2005
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    LuckMC11 Computer Extraoirdinaire NBR Reviewer

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    kk...thanks

    6/14-Ordered Inspiron 9300 wit:1.86 GHZ Pentium M | 512 MB DDR RAM | 80 GB hard drive | 256 NVidia GeForce Go 6800
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  5. mikeakajb

    mikeakajb Notebook Consultant

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    some fans aren't meant to be on all the time... just running at full speed all the time might burn them out faster... The term faster is relative because your fan could wear out in a year or 3... Like I said it's just more likely it will burn out faster if it is ran constantly at full power...

    As long as you aren't runnign your computer 24 hours a day you aren't going to need to worry about your fan wearing out and breaking.. unless you are trying to force your fan to run faster then it is suppose to... I don't even know if that is possible unless you try to send more power to the fan causing it to run at higher speeds or if you have to hack the hardware/software controls on it.

    Dell I6000d
    1.86 ghz
    1 gig 400mhz ram
    80 gig HD
    Intel Pro 2915 a/b/g Wireless
    15.4 " WXGA
    Ati X300 128 mb
    Nec Dvd +- RW 6500A
     
    mikeakajb, Jun 21, 2005
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