The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Inspiron 1525 Fan

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lancer player, Aug 27, 2008.

  1. lancer player

    lancer player Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    47
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I noticed the cooling fan on my Dell Inspiron 1525 comes on more often than it should. I am not doing serious, powerful computing. I am simply surfing the web and the fan gets noisy and annoying. The power settings are set to a 50/50 split between performance and battery life even when plugged into the AC adapter. Is this a hardware issue or can it be resolved by a fan control management program?
     
    lancer player, Aug 27, 2008
    #1
  2. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    7,395
    Messages:
    7,964
    Likes Received:
    25
    Trophy Points:
    206
    I would just accept it. Its normal for the fans to power on and off - all part of notebook thermal management. If you feel uncomfortable about it, you can run HWMonitor to watch your temps. You can grab the application HERE.

    Might also want to confirm you are running the latest BIOS (even though the last BIOS doesn't specify a Thermal Update): http://ftp.us.dell.com/bios/1525_A13.EXE.

    Cheers!
     
    BatBoy, Aug 27, 2008
    #2
  3. apples

    apples Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    56
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    You should get a laptop cooler.
     
    apples, Aug 27, 2008
    #3