Those Fan changes
LR:
Those Fan changes do not sound good - It was the wild behaviour of the one and only fan on the Vostro that alerted me rather late to the fact that the Air Exit Grill had become clogged up - too late by half, HD0 had already rached 60-62 Degrees C - without shutting down.
See if the base of the unit feels hot: Common sense, I know; but I missed the situation creeping up.
Can you look in side to see what is actually fitted ?
I cannot see the fan speeds either, but look in the options menu - I think the's an option to look for other sys components somewhere.
As a general rule of thumb 50 Degrees C is hot for even a portable HD - The Chip's core(s) from experence should be less that 60 Degrees C. [Edit: upper 30's to mid 40's C]
I'm not talking about Gaming P/C's but ordinary bod's stuff.
The GPU's seem to run a bit hotter under load.
Final Note: Fan Speed on the Vostro/Win Vista - has to be run in isolation (for me) EMET 4.XX and Malware bytes fight it with BSOD results Firefox as well.
It co-exsits with Norton of all things !
CAT III
Last edited by Guest 112233; 17th May 2014 at 23:31.
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