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Subject: Laptop Fan and Windows 98

Original Message

Name: E.T.
Date: November 23, 2007 at 13:00:29 Pacific
Subject: Laptop Fan and Windows 98
OS: Vista, XP, 98, Ubtuntu
CPU/Ram: T5500/2048

Comment:

I have a new laptop, quadruple-booting Windows Vista Business, XP Pro, 98, and Ubuntu Linux.
When I run Windows 98, I can't get the fan to shut up. It spins at full speed the whole time--annoying as hell because it's one of those small and whiny fans.
When I use Ubuntu, Vista, or XP the fan rarely even starts up at all--nice and quiet!
Any way around the fan problem with 98? I'd really like to stick a pen in there to stop it, but I don't think that's a good idea (lol)!

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Response Number 1

Name: jam
Date: November 23, 2007 at 13:19:55 Pacific
Subject: Laptop Fan and Windows 98

Reply: (edit)

how often do you realistically run Win98 for anything?

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Response Number 2

Name: Outlander
Date: November 23, 2007 at 13:34:38 Pacific
Subject: Laptop Fan and Windows 98

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Possibly 98 does not know how to deal with the fan. I'm sure default settings will put the cpu at full speed to prevent the machine from burning up.
Core 2 Duo 1.86

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Response Number 3

Name: E.T.
Date: November 23, 2007 at 14:53:18 Pacific
Subject: Laptop Fan and Windows 98

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Jam-Around 2 hours per week. I didn't put Win98 on this machine for nothing.
Outlander-is there any way around this (using either software or hardware)? There are no fan settings in the BIOS that I can find.
Thanks

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