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post #1 of 6
4/5/05 at 11:18pm
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Can anyone help me with a problem with the laptop fan. I have the emachine m6805 and the fan does not run very often and the laptop is burning hot. The hard drive is running at 59.0 degrees and the fan will not come on. If the fan does come on it is only for a minute then shuts back off again. My boyfriend has the same laptop and his is running almost constantly and his temperature is only at 43 degrees. We did get the two different hard drives though. I have the hitachi 4200 rpm, while he has the hts 5200 rpm. Could one possibly run hotter than the other or is there a problem with my fan? Any suggestions would be helpful.
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post #2 of 6
4/5/05 at 11:30pm
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Fan seems to not be working properly

Can anyone help me with a problem with the laptop fan. I have the emachine m6805 and the fan does not run very often and the laptop is burning hot. The hard drive is running at 59.0 degrees and the fan will not come on. If the fan does come on it is only for a minute then shuts back off again. My boyfriend has the same laptop and his is running almost constantly and his temperature is only at 43 degrees. We did get the two different hard drives though. I have the hitachi 4200 rpm, while he has the hts 5200 rpm. Could one possibly run hotter than the other or is there a problem with my fan? Any suggestions would be helpful.
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post #3 of 6
4/5/05 at 11:38pm
The laptops do get kind of toasty underneath especially under the memory slot on the left. Sounds like your power profile is set to "Portable/Laptop" and his is set to "Always On". My m6805 always gets hotter on the bottom when set to Portable/Laptop because the fan doesn't run but every so often. Set yours to Always On and see if the bottom gets cooler (it should). Your fan should also run all the time. If it does then all is normal.
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post #4 of 6
4/5/05 at 11:52pm
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Both of our power settings are set the same, they were set at emachines power setting. I will try at the always on setting and see how that goes. I will probably just have to go get a laptop cooler. I was going to buy one anyways, but I also want my laptop fans to be working properly to get ultimate cooling capabilities.
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post #5 of 6
4/6/05 at 7:46am
You would be surprized to find out what is "normal". These fans usually do not run very often for just small tasks. Emachines power managment is also throttling the CPU, so use the always on and see what happens.
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post #6 of 6
4/6/05 at 7:53am
Please do not double post, I already posted an answer along with other members.
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