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    FAN not running while playing games?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by [email protected], Apr 27, 2004.

  1. mgrosh@thirdkind.com

    [email protected] Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just noticed this the last two night.... I play DAOC for long periods of time 3+ hours.. on my DELL 9100 (128 MB video card) and noticed that the laptop was getting hot and i did not hear the fan running.. both times when i quit the game and returned to windows the fans started up....

    Is there something in windows that controls the fans and for some reason is not running while playing an intensive 3D game?

    Dell Inspiron 9100
    P4 3.0GHZ
    15.4-IN. WSXGA+
    512MB DDR 400MHZ
    128MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700
    24X CD-RW/DVD
    60GB ULTRA ATA HD 72K
    MODULAR FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
    TM 300 BLUETOOTH CARD
    DELL WIRELESS 1450,A/B/G
    3YR LIMITED WARRANTY
     
    [email protected], Apr 27, 2004
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  2. briggs_ca

    briggs_ca Notebook Consultant

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    thats weird. thats the only time my fans realy start up, is when im playing games

    .:Inspiron 9100:.
    -:2.8 P4:-
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    briggs_ca, Apr 27, 2004
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