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    Never ending fan on XPS M1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by POH, Feb 27, 2008.

  1. POH

    POH Notebook Consultant

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    Had my wonderful XPS M1530 for about 6 weeks now--loving it.

    But a day or two ago the fan started coming on soon after turning on the notebook and the processor is under heavy use, even when I let it sit for hours with no programs open. Any ideas?

    This is a Vista machine.
     
    POH, Feb 27, 2008
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  2. paetrick

    paetrick Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hmm Don't know, but my fan is coming on sometimes when I just surf the web /chat or something, did urs before this? or was it always dead silence?
     
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    POH Notebook Consultant

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    No, it normally comes on every so often or, when I'm in heavy use, a lot. But yesterday/today it won't turn off, even after I let it sit with nothing running (except the normal background stuff) for a few hours.
     
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    have to ask, did you check in the task bar if the cpu is being used during this time?
     
    webtax, Feb 27, 2008
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