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8887 Fan Always On High

post #1 of 5
6/22/06 at 4:40am
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Just as the title states. The fan is always on high. No, it's not hot in my room. I even have a little stand with two fans that blow up from the bottom of the computer. Any help on this one?
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post #2 of 5
6/22/06 at 7:08am
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Ok. So I now know why. It's running really hot. The thing is...one of my ram sticks went bad. I replaced it and it works fine. Now I'm having this heating problem. I take out the one stick and the problem still persists. How do I thoroughly clean the fans? I hate how the fan isn't easily accessible. Anything I can do?
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post #3 of 5
6/22/06 at 6:08pm
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Ok. Took out the heatsink and cleaned it out. There was A LOT of dust. So I cleaned it out. The thing is. Even when I just turned it on, the fan is ALWAYS on high. Even when the computer has no heat at all...like when I just turned it on.
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post #4 of 5
6/30/06 at 12:27am
Well you did everything I'd have done. If the heatsink is dust free now and the fan is still on high the temperature sensor has probably gone bad. How or if you fix that would depend on how much it bothers you I guess.
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post #5 of 5
7/9/06 at 6:28pm

My Sager 8880 had a heat problem-fans always on

I figured out that the problem was because the heat sink had a 1/8" thick layer of dust/lint between the end of the heatsync and the fan. The dang thing was suffocating! This probably was what led to one of my 512 MB ram slots to burn up. I pulled out the heatsync and cleaned the dust off it, which fixed the fan/heat problem. Problem is it must have been hot for too long before I started to tinker, because only 1 of my ram slots were usable and when it finally died nearly a year ago (I got it in 2002), I sent it to Phillips (extended warranty). They had it for 2 months before they sent it to Sager, Sager had it for a month before they sent it back to me saying that there was "corrosion" on the motherboard and that it was not covered under the warranty. SO I had to eat a $3200 computer. Thankfully, Phillips did buy out the remainder of the service contract. The computer had no corrosion on the motherboard, except for evidence of high heat, it was just Sager's way of passing the buck.
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