Fan is CONSTANTLY on... (Temp readings included)

Hello all,

I have a DV6000. I keep this laptop in tiptop shape. I only recently started to use it again on a fulltime basis. I notice that the fan is now CONSTANTLY on. It doesn't matter what I do, idling included... Here are some stats from HW Monitor. I'm not sure how to interpret these numbers, but they do look high. The palm rest is warm, but it has always been the case.

Any ideas what I can do? Obviously I can't turn off the fan it the system is in fact hot.

Thanks!



CPUID Hardware Monitor 1.1.4.0
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Mainboard Vendor Quanta
Mainboard Model 30CC (0xE9 - 0x2338)


Hardware monitor
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ACPI hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 53蚓 (127蚌 [0xCBE] (THR1)

Dump hardware monitor



Hardware monitor
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Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T5250 hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 53蚓 (127蚌 [0x20] (Core #0)
Temperature sensor 1 58蚓 (136蚌 [0x1B] (Core #1)

Dump hardware monitor



Hardware monitor
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TOSHIBA MK2035GSS hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 48 (118) [0x30] (HDD)

Dump hardware monitor


Processors Map
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 2

Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0


Processors Information
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Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T5250
Codename Merom
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5250 @ 1.50GHz
Package Socket P (478) (platform ID = 7h)
CPUID 6.F.D
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping M0
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 997.6 MHz (6.0 x 166.3 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 665.1 MHz
Stock frequency 1500 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 9.0x
max VID 1.250 V
Features XD

 

Sorry about the temp readings... the one in parenthesis is the Fahrenheit scale.

Thanks again!

 

and the temps in the square brackets "[]" are in 10ths of degrees kelvin.

so for example
Temperature sensor 0 53蚓 (127蚌 [0xCBE] (THR1)
-------------------------------------^^ CBE is hex for 3262.
now divide by 10 = 326.2 Kelvin
now take away 273.15 = 53.05C


now on topic, some notebooks (like my tecra a9) have the fan constantly on no matter what you do.
It's not a problem is it?
Or is it too loud for you?

 

It's too loud. It's like having a vacuum on. I might need to bring it to the lecture halls or libraries where its quiet...

lol

Actually, I'm not sure.. but I think of the fan is not spinning. I'm not sure though, I can feel COOL air coming out..

I can't actually see the blades spinning

 

is that a joke?
Because it's funny, I can just imagine going to a lecture with a fan that loud.

 

Not a joke.

It can get pretty loud.

I get annoy by it, I'm sure the person next to me might get annoyed as well.

 

so the fan is loud when the CPU isn't even hot?

Did you try the undervolting guide?

Also there is a simple way to modify the registry to control the fan speed.

I have attached a guide to this post, along with a program.
Try it out, let me know if you need some help, but it should be simple.

 

HP defaults to running the fan 24x7 because they've had so many NVIDIA graphics chips melt down without it. To be consistent they run the fan 24x7 on my ATI graphics notebook too, though I think there's a BIOS setting to defeat it. I recommend leaving it on.

But if your fan is that loud... make sure your CPU load isn't high in Windows Task Manager. Then, if the fan is loud but not moving much air I'd suspect a bad fan.

Clean the dust out of your heatsink with compressed air. Careful that you don't break the fan while you're at it. HP notebook heatsinks get clogged up fairly easily.