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    dell inspiron 1520 burning up, no fans!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by coldengrey, Jul 24, 2011.

  1. coldengrey

    coldengrey Notebook Guru

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    Have a dell inspiron 1520 and the fans almost never kick on. Updated BIOS a9.

    Are there any programs that allow user to take over control of the fan at whatever predetermined temp.?

    Thanks
     
    coldengrey, Jul 24, 2011
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    i8kfangui should still work for the 1520. If that doesn't do the trick, it might just be that your fans are clogged/dead.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jul 24, 2011
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  3. coldengrey

    coldengrey Notebook Guru

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    thanks, i'll try it out...
     
    coldengrey, Jul 24, 2011
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  4. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Ya I would clean out all the dust and crud in the fan. Worst case, get down under the palmrest and repaste the CPU. Also moving to Inspiron/Studio subforum
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jul 25, 2011
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