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Vostro 3400 - who else?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Smooth_J, Mar 18, 2010.

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  1. dinosoup

    dinosoup Newbie

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    Anyone know if the fan problem has been fixed yet? Thanks.
     
    dinosoup, Dec 25, 2010
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    goldstj98 Newbie

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    Recently bought a Dell Vostro 3400 I5 14" laptop. While the fan motor works almost constantly with the power plugged in I was surprised it did not go on when working with battery only. Does anyone know why?
     
    goldstj98, Dec 26, 2010
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  3. zdoe

    zdoe Notebook Geek

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    anyone succeed in getting the hybrid graphics intel/nVidia working correctly on this /w winXP?

    i can get them to install, but nVidia shows up with an exclamation mark, and intel appears to not work despite appearing operational at the device manager.

    elsewhere on this board there's a long thread about troubles with sony hybrid video laps...
     
    zdoe, Dec 31, 2010
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    luke123 Notebook Guru

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    The fan problem has NOT been fixed. Please refer to the following thread:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/del...dell-vostro-3x00-fan-speed-noise-control.html

    There seems to be three possible culprit candidates:
    (1) Defective hard disk sensor;
    (2) On-die graphics chip sharing a heat sink with the CPU; and
    (3) Overly conservative BIOS fan algorithm.
     
    luke123, Jan 2, 2011
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    cvvikram Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Friends,

    I have Dell vostro 3400 which had win 7. Due to some requirement, I had to format the laptop and install windows xp. Now I am facing problem with installing drivers for XP 32bit OS.

    I have managed most of the drivers, but still unable to get the network controller driver. Because of this I am not able to connect to wireless network.

    Please help me.

    Thanks....
     
    cvvikram, Feb 13, 2011
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    zdoe Notebook Geek

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    i spent a few days trying to get xp to run on my 3400, but in the end i had to give up as i couldn't find the drivers for the nvidia/intel hybrid video - or find a way of disabling the intel. this should be a bios option that michael has taken away from us.

    did you have better luck, or your 3400 doesn't have the hybrid?

    anyway, assuming your wifi is the same as mine, you can get it at:
    www.dvxuser.ramjetfilms.com/-z-/vostro3400dell_brCmWwan.zip
     
    zdoe, Feb 14, 2011
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    zdoe Notebook Geek

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    anybody found a service manual for this?

    if - would you be able to post a link to it here?

    i think my fan is on the way out - & changing it locally would probably be less of a pain than dealing with the repair dept.

    thanks in advance.
     
    zdoe, Feb 15, 2011
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