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    Brand new U500 has a loud fan

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by petiay, Jan 5, 2010.

  1. petiay

    petiay Newbie

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    I received this brand new U500 (customized on Toshiba.com) about 10 days ago - everything works great (love the back-lit keyboard) - but the fan noise is a little louder than what I'm used to. I had a 6-yr old Dell XPS with a quieter fan than this brand new Toshiba machine. Basically if I'm standing 20-30 feet away from the laptop I can hear the fan, and one can wonder if this comes from a refrigerator or a vacuum cleaner working in the background.

    Has anyone had a similar experience - is this fan noise something I should just learn to accept or do you think I should do something before the computer comes out of warranty? I really would hate to have to return a brand new computer, but at the same time I think fan issues only get more numerous when a computer gets older.

    Just for info, the machine is Satellite U500-ST6322, CORE 2 DUO P7450 2.1GHZ, 4GB RAM, DVD Slot load.
    Thanks a lot.
     
    petiay, Jan 5, 2010
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  2. Amnesiac

    Amnesiac 404

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    Update your BIOS, it may be a bad thermal policy.

    Also, check your temperatures with a utility called HWMonitor.

    If the fan is operating at that speed, it's pretty much killing itself.
     
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  3. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You should return it.

    Also go to the toshiba drivers site and download the cooling performance test.
     
    moral hazard, Jan 5, 2010
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