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Dell fan problem
Name: kmas Date: May 31, 2006 at 19:15:18 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 1.7GHz 512 MB RAM Product: DELL Latitude D800
Comment:
Recently, my fan has been running very high. The computer is not even hot and it continually runs, very loudly. It also makes my computer run very slow. I had the fan replaced by Dell last week, and the problem has continued. Please advise on what steps I should take next. Thanks!
1st of all, it always helps when you state that your question is about a laptop.
It sounds to me like your system is running slow because the CPU is overheating & it's throttling to protect itself from burning out. It could be that your laptop is loaded with spyware & CPU useage is constantly at 100%
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Response Number 2
Name: rhawk7938 Date: June 1, 2006 at 11:37:01 Pacific
Reply:
Like jam said...
Check the CPU useage in task manager to know for sure.
Thanks for your responses! My CPU usage is running high...I ran a system scan using Ewido..it found infections and I removed them. The fan is still running however. Do you know how else to lower the CPU usage?
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