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    Toshibas are noisy

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Jorje, Oct 29, 2007.

  1. Jorje

    Jorje Newbie

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    I've had two of them - M105 purchased last year, and A105 purchased this year. Although, they are built and have performed reasonable well. There's one nagging thing that will prevent me from ever considering a Toshiba notebook purchase. The fact of the matter is that they are NOISY. Both of them were bought new and did not have dedicated graphics and were used for rather light tasks: word processing and internet browsing. The fan on both of them kicks in every 3-5 min. And it's loud. I also used Sony, Dell, Lenovo and this problem is practically non-existent. Sure, they have cooling fans working there, but a) they start in much larger intervals, b) they are much more quieter. I searched this forum and the same issue pops up here and there with Toshibas, and apparently there's no solution to it. I called Toshiba CS, and they were useless. Someone may suggest getting a separate cooling pad, but no, thank you. It's like saying, you bought a car, and you have to take care of it and buy wheels for it. Also, it's not a matter of dust gathering in the vents, or something like that. It's a HARDWARE problem, and Toshiba should take care of it.
     
  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well have you tried undervolting the CPU? that will reduce the amount of heat...meaning the fan will be on less often....
     
  3. sds357

    sds357 Newbie

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    On my A135 I've noticed that the fan does come on very often like you said, every 3-5 minutes, but I wouldn't describe it as being very loud or annoying. Maybe you got a bad fan installed:confused2:
     
  4. allan_huang

    allan_huang Notebook Deity

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    I'd say that, that is better than having a fan that never shuts off
     
  5. Jorje

    Jorje Newbie

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    Yes, sure, I played with the power plan setting - not much difference.
     
  6. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    same here but not at all loud imo. you should hear the sager 5791..