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DarkEnergy
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Ok, so I've been looking to get a crap end laptop for school and to mess with linux on for a while now. So I found a pretty good deal on craigslist, went there, it was alright and bought it. (Dell Latitude E6400) for only $85. (bargained) It ran great and was is brand new condition. After I got home I noticed using hwmonitor that if the cpu got in to 50%'s the temp would go up to high 60's c. (It's a core 2 duo 9900, I read they can go up to 100c. 'Was suppose to be 8600 but I don't think the seller even knew, I didn't tell him...) I thought that was pretty high for being 50% so I flipped it over and put on some fresh new thermal paste. Note: I had to disconnect the cpu fan for this. After I did that, I turned on the computer and noted the cpu fan not spinning. I was sweating balls. By the time it logged in, It still wasn't spinning. I quickly opened up hwmonitor to find that the cpu temps were only 40's and the fan wasn't even moving. I was confused. I had to use something cpu intensive so I downloaded minecraft and started it. After a few seconds, it was THEN that I heard a small sound start up and the fan was spinning. Apparently it only spins at 70+ C. Is this some type of technology or is this normal? All I know is it scared me to hell. I thought I broke it. 

 

Note: apparently after it hit 70c the fan stays on no matter the temp

 

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It probably only spins up when the thermals get high enough for it to require faster dissipation.  Love your profile pic btw! /)

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It probably only spins up when the thermals get high enough for it to require faster dissipation.  Love your profile pic btw! /)

(\ thanks. 

 

The guy put Windows Ultimate on it so I've been waiting hours for it to update. It's still updating. I hate windows updates....

 

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Laptops run much hotter than desktops and their fan control can make is so the temp has to get very cold before the fan turns off.

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My Inspiron 1764 had a similar problem so I found a unlocked BIOS and flashed it so I had control of when the fan turns on and when it hit's full speed as well as enabling things like VT-d.

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my laptop does the same thing with the fan. its normal

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Maybe it is spinning so slow that you can't hear it? Then ramps up when the Cpu temp is 70C+?

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Maybe it is spinning so slow that you can't hear it? Then ramps up when the Cpu temp is 70C+?

No because I was physically looking at the fan. 

 

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I have a laptop that has a silent mode profile that is controlled by the bios. Maybe the dell has a setting like that too.

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No because I was physically looking at the fan. 

Nothing on the bios or Power Options?

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-- double post --

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