Posts by diddlyidi

Quote: Originally Posted by [NFO]N0S I would do any BIOS update that might be available for your system. Many times they update them to make the fans spin sooner/faster then when the BIOS was first...

Thank you for your help & advice

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn Ghosts! So what did you do? Nothing at all? No update? cheers ... No nothing at all.Its a mystery

The fan has started working again.I put the laptop into sleep mode and then when i woke it up the fan kicked in and has been working ever since. Baffled

Quote: Originally Posted by qhn I would get the fan replaced first! cheers ... Thanks for your reply. It looks like it should be easy to replace. Do you know if I will have to purchase a specific fan/product...

I have an Acer Extensa 5220 approximately 13 months old.Just gone out of warranty. It is getting extremely hot and then powering down. I have opened it up and the fan doesn't seem to be working at all.Is this probably the cause of the...