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    DV5t - Possible to use Mic jack for 5.1 sound / Fan always going on and off

    Discussion in 'HP' started by caveman017, Dec 21, 2008.

  1. caveman017

    caveman017 Notebook Consultant

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    All right, so it seems that my CPU whine has gone away for some reason. (yay)

    Other two thngs.


    Even on power saver mode (Vista x64) it seems like my fan goes on, goes off for 20 seconds, and goes back on again. The BIOS is set to fan off.

    Other question. I know some other notebooks you can do this - turn the Mic jack into another output for 5.1 surround sound (as there are 3 jacks on the computer)
     
    caveman017, Dec 21, 2008
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    EvilRyu86 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sounds normal to me, you can't turn the fan completely off, you wouldn't want to do that anyway. Seems like the laptop is turning the fan on when it needs it, which for this notebook is very often, it runs hot.
     
    EvilRyu86, Dec 21, 2008
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  3. caveman017

    caveman017 Notebook Consultant

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    Id understand it if i had dedicated graphic, but I dont.

    The computer doesn't even feel warm
     
    caveman017, Dec 21, 2008
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    jojo08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    you can try running HWmonitor to check temperatures when the fan turns on...

    any word on the 5.1 surround sound, i'm interested to know if that is possible as well.
     
    jojo08, Dec 22, 2008
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    caveman017 Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone know about the 5.1?
     
    caveman017, Dec 25, 2008
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    You should enable the fan to be "always on" in the BIOS so it runs very low and unnoticable.

    It's actually annoying when the fan goes on and off because it's very audible...so try using it on "always on" mode and it will stay at a relatively low and mostly inaudible fan noise...
     
    sendmarksmail, Dec 25, 2008
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