Please help: fan keeps coming on

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[Hulskof] wrote:

> I have an Acer Travelmate 430 which used to be very quiet. I only use Word
> and haven't changed anything on the system, running Windows XP home edition.
> A while ago the fan kept coming on every ten, fifteen seconds, really loud,
> it drove me crazy. I chequed for dust, but the vent shafts are clean (hell,
> it's only a couple of months old). After a week or so things changed for the
> better and the thing was as quiet as can be. That is, until a few days ago.
> Now I have the same problem, and I don't know how to solve it. Waiting until
> it sorts itself out is no option. I need to know what is going on and how it
> can be solved... Any ideas?
> It doesn't have a mobile cpu, so it seems impossible to reduce cpu speed,
> which in a way is strange, for the fan reduces in speed when I switch to
> battery life...
>
> Please help, I'm desperate.
>
>
When the fan keeps coming on, I would check in Task Manager what
applications are running and especially which ones are using most of the
CPU cycles. You might have a virus, or a worm or some kind of rogue
program. Make sure you run an updated Antivirus and the lastest adaware
file to check your system. That would help identify the problem.

--
John Doue

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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:27:22 +0200, "[Hulskof]" <a@b.c> wrote:

>I have an Acer Travelmate 430 which used to be very quiet. I only use Word
>and haven't changed anything on the system, running Windows XP home edition.
>A while ago the fan kept coming on every ten, fifteen seconds, really loud,
>it drove me crazy. I chequed for dust, but the vent shafts are clean (hell,
>it's only a couple of months old). After a week or so things changed for the
>better and the thing was as quiet as can be. That is, until a few days ago.
>Now I have the same problem, and I don't know how to solve it. Waiting until
>it sorts itself out is no option. I need to know what is going on and how it
>can be solved... Any ideas?
>It doesn't have a mobile cpu, so it seems impossible to reduce cpu speed,
>which in a way is strange, for the fan reduces in speed when I switch to
>battery life...
>
>Please help, I'm desperate.
>

Dust around CPU?

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[Hulskof] wrote:
> [Hulskof] <a@b.c> schreef in berichtnieuws
> c6lcoo$7t0$1@news5.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
>
> Found the problem. It was a comprehensive Word document. When it gets to a
> certain size, the cpu goes from 0% to 95%. Go figure. If I cut the document
> in two pieces, the problem is solved. To me this is strange. The doc. is 700
> Kb, which is rather small considering I've got 512 Mb of memory. Can anyone
> explain this?
>
>
>
Before you load the document, in tools, options, general, select macro
virus protection. Then load the document. If it asks to allow macros,
select no and see if it makes a difference. An inbedded macro might be
running in a loop.

--
John Doue

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[Hulskof] wrote:
> I have an Acer Travelmate 430 which used to be very quiet. I only use Word
> and haven't changed anything on the system, running Windows XP home edition.
> A while ago the fan kept coming on every ten, fifteen seconds, really loud,
> it drove me crazy. I chequed for dust, but the vent shafts are clean (hell,
> it's only a couple of months old). After a week or so things changed for the
> better and the thing was as quiet as can be. That is, until a few days ago.
> Now I have the same problem, and I don't know how to solve it. Waiting until
> it sorts itself out is no option. I need to know what is going on and how it
> can be solved... Any ideas?
> It doesn't have a mobile cpu, so it seems impossible to reduce cpu speed,
> which in a way is strange, for the fan reduces in speed when I switch to
> battery life...
>
> Please help, I'm desperate.
>
>

So, in summary, it's got a desktop CPU, in a case that's 1/10 of the
size of a desktop PC, and the fans come on alot...

This is why many manufacturers don't scrimp on CPU's and fit proper
mobile CPU's....

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It's possible that you have a virus or spyware that is running in the
background, with the result that the CPU is not spending as much time in
"idle" mode, and is therefore generating more heat.


[Hulskof] wrote:

> I have an Acer Travelmate 430 which used to be very quiet. I only use Word
> and haven't changed anything on the system, running Windows XP home edition.
> A while ago the fan kept coming on every ten, fifteen seconds, really loud,
> it drove me crazy. I chequed for dust, but the vent shafts are clean (hell,
> it's only a couple of months old). After a week or so things changed for the
> better and the thing was as quiet as can be. That is, until a few days ago.
> Now I have the same problem, and I don't know how to solve it. Waiting until
> it sorts itself out is no option. I need to know what is going on and how it
> can be solved... Any ideas?
> It doesn't have a mobile cpu, so it seems impossible to reduce cpu speed,
> which in a way is strange, for the fan reduces in speed when I switch to
> battery life...
>
> Please help, I'm desperate.
>
>