That is certainly not normal, unless you have very very good ears. I have a 3810t (intel graphics) and I can't hear the fan AT ALL most of the time, even when I put my ear to the palm rest. I don't think it's even spinning most of the time.
I can kind of hear the fan if I run CPU-intensive programs (for more than a few seconds). On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:56:02 +0100, Burkhard Ritter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi list, > > I got a new 3810tg and at least to me the fan seems to be too noisy. > It's running all the time and the best I've managed so far is that the > base level is quite acceptable but every three seconds or so the fan > spins faster for a very short time (much shorter than one second). I > find this very irritating. This was with the ati gpu. With the intel > graphics card the fan spins faster all the time and the noise level is > comparable to this six year old A31 Thinkpad sitting on my desk. To be > honest, this is not what I expected when I bought an "ultra low voltage" > notebook, so my question is whether this fan noise is normal or if I got > a defective unit. Also, are there differences between the 3810t and the > 3810tg regarding the fan noise? > > Thanks, > Burkhard > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
