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    Loud fan on 1645?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Zinu, Dec 8, 2009.

  1. Zinu

    Zinu Notebook Geek

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    Is anyone else experiencing real high fan noise while playing a game? Even with the sound on it's clearly hearable and really annoying and continues going.
    As soon as I exit the game it's over, so it probably involves temp & CPU clock. My temps are about ~70C when I exit.

    Is there any way I can fix this?
     
    Zinu, Dec 8, 2009
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    I've noticed this when playing WM2 and when my wife plays Sims 3. Anyone figured anything out?
     
    mikewill57, Dec 8, 2009
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    I have it with all games. Maybe a way to turn the max. fan speed down or change the point when it should go to full power?
     
    Zinu, Dec 8, 2009
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    Considering there is only one fan to cool the cpu and gpu, it is going to run at max while being stressed.

    This is normal.
     
    sleey0, Dec 8, 2009
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    It seems to kick in at 70C... so there is no way to make it stick at just 75% or so? This is nearly unbearable.
     
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    There isn't any fan control software for your system.

    I miss i8kfangui with my M1710 :)
     
    sleey0, Dec 8, 2009
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    For me it's not unbearable at all, I just worry about stressing the computer. Is there a way to judge when it's becoming too much? Sorry, new to gaming on PC really...
     
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    lol mine goes about as loud as a small vacuum cleaner. That must be found annoying. Maybe it's worse with mine? Or does yours go about just as loud?
     
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    Nah, not that loud at all. If you have a PS3 or 360 I'd say it's right in between those. Maybe as loud as a 360 gets. It doesn't distract me from the game, just causes concern because I don't want to be causing damage to the machine.
     
    mikewill57, Dec 8, 2009
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    It is louder than my studio XPS 1545, but things seem better with the new Bios A11 I installed today
     
    omo, Aug 25, 2010
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