kisk
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Have a laptop (model in title) and its experiencing overheating and cutoff due to the fan not running -- in post, boot, windows, anything. Pulled the old fan out. Bearings are fine, it spins freely and the dust buildup wasn't bad at all. Regardless, still purchased a new fan and put it in + new thermal paste on the cpu -- same problem.
I decided to update the bios on it thinking it was a cmos problem. Don't worry, I had the laptop set on one of our AC vents that blows frigid air..
Now here's the funny thing -- when I was installing the BIOS via the dell updater in windows, the fan turned on full blast -- guess this a feature of the updater to avoid overheating/shutoff during the flash. After the restart/bios load defaults, the problem still exists.
Was wondering if any of you have heard of this before I let her know she needs a new mobo.
Thx!
I decided to update the bios on it thinking it was a cmos problem. Don't worry, I had the laptop set on one of our AC vents that blows frigid air..
Now here's the funny thing -- when I was installing the BIOS via the dell updater in windows, the fan turned on full blast -- guess this a feature of the updater to avoid overheating/shutoff during the flash. After the restart/bios load defaults, the problem still exists.
Was wondering if any of you have heard of this before I let her know she needs a new mobo.
Thx!