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    how often cpu fan kicks on and kicks off. Show of hands

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by joaomario, Jul 10, 2009.

  1. joaomario

    joaomario Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm trying to assess if it's normal for my xps 16's cpu fan to kick on and stay on for very long periods of time. When my cpu reaches about 45degrees C my fan kicks on and stays on indefinitely, even when the cpu temp has gone down to and remained at 38 for a long time. Only when I unplug the computer from the mains and hold it up in the air to promote circulation it reaches 34 degrees and only THEN does it kick off.
    Is this how it is like for everyone else? Or is mine configured wrong?
    I can't adjust the fan speed with speedfan. Has anyone had sucess using
    i8kfangui to control the fan speed? It says it doesn't support the xps 16 so I'm worried it might damage my system.
     
    joaomario, Jul 10, 2009
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    funky monk Notebook Deity

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    I have noticed it too that once the fan kicks up that it is very hard to shut it up again. When I had it idleing on my super battery profile on battery power though it went almost silent once, you had to put your ear right up to it to hear the fan at all
     
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