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    Asus x200m fan problem

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by frufru7, Oct 22, 2014.

  1. frufru7

    frufru7 Newbie

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    Hi, I’ve bought an x200m about a month ago, I swapped the HDD to a SSD and used it happily for three weeks and in that time the fan never even started. About a week ago while browsing the fan started running at full speed, that was the first time I’ve heard it and though the case was cool it didn’t stop. I’ve tried to shutdown and start the laptop after a few minutes again but when I’ve pushed the button the fan ran at full speed. It didn’t stop that day but to my surprise the next morning it was all quiet again. Since than it happens every day, randomly the fan starts running at full speed and doesn’t stop for hours. I’ve checked the temperatures, it’s below 40c, tried speedfan, notebook fancontrol, but no luck. can't control the fan. What could be the problem? Anyone experienced something like this?
     
    frufru7, Oct 22, 2014
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  2. Kevin@GenTechPC

    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    Perhaps the fan housing is tight which locks down the fan from spinning until it wanted to spin harder due to higher temperature.
    Try reseating the fan house and loosen it a bit to verify.
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Oct 22, 2014
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    This could explain why the fan didn't start but not why it doesn't stop for hours, even when the cpu is idle and the temp is barely above room temp.
     
    frufru7, Oct 23, 2014
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