ok. It isnt a new laptop or anything. are ALL laptops that way? its a compaq presario 2100. has like 256 mb ram 30gig hard drive if that tells you how old it is lol. i will still use my cooler to be safe, and maybe sometime replace the fan anyway. (rather be safe than sorry). even if its wortking, amazon has them for a couple dollars just a pain in the butt to change
--- In [email protected], Donk <d.knieriem@...> wrote: > > Yes it's normal to have a variable speed fan in a laptop. In fact most > all new desktops and laptops have variable speed fans. Even the GPU on > my video card has one - whenever I log into WoW or any other 3D game my > GPU fan goes full speed and sounds like a vacuum cleaner, heh. There > should at least be a setting in BIOS to set the fan to run full speed > all the time, but I wouldn't mess with it if it's working ok. > > Good luck, > Donk > > > On 1/30/2012 9:41 AM, kevin19_89 wrote: > > i got a laptop from my uncle (he said it wouldnt boot up or do anything > > with it plugged in. he said he had it a few years and it got him mad so he > > gave it to me. he gets here and forgets the power cable at home and hes > > 300+ miles away from me. (brought it up for my grandmas funeral which was > > unexpected) turns out that the memory popped loose and i had got it back > > in. found power cord on amazon for around 10 dollars and it works fine. > > > > i noticed that when i turn the laptop on the cooling fan inside of it > > doesnt always come on. i got CPUID hardware monitor and when it reaches > > around 160degrees farenheit, it comes on. is that normal for it to come on > > when it gets hot or is there a problem with fan? i figured it done that to > > help conserve battery power to only come on when needed. > > > > checked bios for a setting for fan but theres not one. he had a usb coolng > > pad you plug up under it and it helps greatly. when its used it stays > > around 130 all the time. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > > feel free to contact me directly bixen@... Please do not post personal > > issues directly to the group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > > [email protected] > > > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3674 - Release Date: 06/01/11 > > 16:45:00 > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
