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    Fan Driving Me crazy!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by gogeta2006, Jul 20, 2011.

  1. gogeta2006

    gogeta2006 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Guys,

    I restored my m14x to factory image and now the fan kicks in, to the MAX, repeatedly , while just browsing or any minor tasks . Its driving me crazy. It didnt do this before.


    Any fix on this?
    I searched on the forums and couldnt find anything.


    all help is appreciated.
     
    gogeta2006, Jul 20, 2011
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  2. SpectatorZero

    SpectatorZero Notebook Enthusiast

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    What temperatures are you getting? Have you checked the running processes list for a process that's eating up CPU? Maybe the disk is being indexed by Windows.
     
    SpectatorZero, Jul 20, 2011
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  3. gogeta2006

    gogeta2006 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok...

    So not even a month has passed ... and tech support said they have to replace my CPU + heat sink + fan, GPU, and speakers.

    wow...good thing I got warranty on my laptop.
     
    gogeta2006, Jul 20, 2011
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    niko2021 Notebook Evangelist

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    Check for background processes, the realtek software was taking up at least 25 percent of my cpu usage, which made the fans constantly turn on, i just unchecked realtek in the msconfig start up menu. No difference in sound and no noise, you can try that.
     
    niko2021, Jul 20, 2011
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    clienterror Notebook Consultant

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    I guess, you get a 1 year warranty by default. That is a lot of stuff messed up tho lol.
     
    clienterror, Jul 20, 2011
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