Please help!! Is my AS5630-6895 defective?

Hi all,

I just got an Aspire AS5630-6895. The spec is the following:

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Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 Processor And 1.6GHz Processor Speed

15.4" CrystalBrite TFT LCD Display With 1280 x 800 Resolution

120GB Hard Drive (4200 RPM)

1024MB DDR2 SDRAM memory for multitasking power, expandable up to 2GB.

DVD Super Multi Double Layer Drive

Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (Dual-band Tri-Mode 802.11a/b/g) Wi-Fi Certified solution, supporting Acer SignalUp Wireless Technology

Weighs only 2.77 kg and measures just 3.5cm thin for easy portability.

Others: 1.3MP OrbiCam, 5-in-1 Card Reader

I/O Ports: 4 x USB 2.0 Ports, 1 x External Display (VGA) Port, S-Video/TV-Out (NTSC/PAL) Port8, Headphones/Speaker/Line-Out Jack, Microphone-In Jack, Line-In Jack, Ethernet (RJ-45) Port, Modem (RJ-11) Port, DC-In Jack For AC Adapter

Graphics: Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset with Integrated 3D Graphics, featuring Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, up to 224 MB of Shared System Memory, supporting Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and PCI Express

Software: Acer Empowering Technology Acer GridVista, Acer Arcade, CyberLink PowerDVD
Acer Launch Manager, Norton AntiVirus, Adobe Reader, CyberLink PowerProducer, NTI CD-Maker
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My problem is about the fan. The fan turns on every other minute after it shut off during idle. The bottom of the notebook is a little bit warm but there is no problem to touch. I used the Intel Thermal Analysis Tool to measure the temperature of the CPU and I also used Notebook Hardware Control (NHC) to manage the power of my notebook.

I used Dynamic switching to minimize the power usage (use Intel speedstep)and to achieve lowest temperature possible.

I have attached screen shots for the lowest and highest tempatures (during idle in room temperature around 22C) that are measured by Intel Thermal Analysis Tools and NHC.

I notice there are actually different fan speed settings build-in into the hardware. During idling, the fan will only turn at the lowest setting. If I use the intel thermal analysis tools to push the cpu to 100%, then the fan turns at significant higher speed and make much louder noise.

Is my notebook defective? should I return the notebook because of the fan turn on every other minute after it shuts off. Is my notebook overheating?

Is there anyway to control the fan if my notebook is not defective except writing ACPI program in NHC to control the fan speed? I tried speedfan and it didn't work.


Thank you very much and your help is very much appreciated.

Best,
Al

 

your notebook is fine.
not defective.
the fan only turns on when it need to.
perfectly normal
however, i have one question.
maybe someone can tell me if the new 5400rpm harddrives all make -clicking- noises.. while idling and accessing...
because i just tried 3 different laptops.. and they all result in the same clicking noise, that is not present in the 7200rpm drives.. or the older 4200rpm...
plz advise?! lol
thanks^^

 

I have a 5040 (see signature) and I'm having the same "problem." There's no pattern to the clicking either, it can happen every few seconds, or every couple of minutes; and it doesn't matter if I'm idling or working on something! Weird ...

 

yea.. it is weird..
b/c i tried 2 gateway laptops, AND 2 as5050..
all but 1 gateway resulted in the clicking noise..
and i think the reason that gateway did not result in the clicking is because i returned it before the problem occured =P