laptop fan help

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On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 02:40:07 -0500, "McLaughlin"
<dcm@ntl.sympatico.ca> wrote:

>i have a toshiba satellite pro 430cdt laptop
>is the small fan in the back always on if the laptop is on
>or is it off till the laptop gets hot
>mine does not turn on
>but laptop does not seem to get hot
>even with hours of use with ac or batt..
>plz help
>thanks
>dcm@ntl.sympatico.ca


U seems to say alot of things, but no mention of an actual problem.

It would be easier to comprehend your post if u use puntuations.

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McLaughlin wrote:

> i have a toshiba satellite pro 430cdt laptop
> is the small fan in the back always on if the laptop is on
> or is it off till the laptop gets hot
> mine does not turn on
> but laptop does not seem to get hot
> even with hours of use with ac or batt..
> plz help
> thanks
> dcm@ntl.sympatico.ca
>
>
Consider yourself lucky to have a silent laptop ... If you want to check
whether this fan works or not, you must run a CPU intensive program.
Watching a DVD on your machine (which I do not know specifically, just
assuming it has a DVD drive!) is one way to do this.

--
John Doue

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On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 02:30:58 -0600, "Angry American"
<angryamerican@n0spamdooleyism.com> wrote:

>This is rich, coming from someone who can't seem to spell ;-)
>
>Dan


Am kinda fond of my hip, with-it swagger :-(

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For this purpose the 400 and 430 are identical. I happen to know this
machine very well (serviced many of them), the fan runs only when hot
and it VERY rarely gets hot enough to turn on. The fan.exe program
should be used to test it.


Dorothy Bradbury wrote:

>>i have a toshiba satellite pro 430cdt laptop
>>is the small fan in the back always on if the laptop is on
>
>
> No, not on some (& older) laptops
> o Some laptops run the fan all the time at a low level
> ---- example -- P4/Celeron 2.4Ghz Inspiron 1100
> ---- reason -- the chips have high *idle* thermal dissipation
> o Some laptops only run the fan when they get hot
> ---- example -- P2 laptops, low clockspeed P3 laptops
> ---- reason -- those chips have low *idle* thermal dissipation
>
> You need to find a utility to turn the fan on/off:
> o Sometimes the factory provides it on a diagnostic diskette
> o Otherwise it may be available via Google & other search engines
>
> http://209.167.114.38/support/Down [...] _files.htm
> has FAN.EXE for the 400CS - but it may not work for the 430cdt.
>
> Often laptop fans which are just on or off can be quite noisy :-)