Where is the thermistor located? I've done some trouble-shooting and found that the fan is operational but the only time I see it work is for a second or two at power up and if I let the battery die the fan will spin for about 5-10 seconds as the battery dies.
I'm wondering if the thermistor is the issue and if so where is it? Is it on the heatsink? Because i'm thinking either new heatsink will fix or new mobo..
ejn63
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January 12th, 2015 14:00
The fan is controlled by a thermistor - until a temperature setpoint is reached, the fan will not run.
The Dell diagnostics (F12 at powerup) can be used to verify the fan operation.
rbaum94
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March 25th, 2015 02:00
Where is the thermistor located? I've done some trouble-shooting and found that the fan is operational but the only time I see it work is for a second or two at power up and if I let the battery die the fan will spin for about 5-10 seconds as the battery dies.
I'm wondering if the thermistor is the issue and if so where is it? Is it on the heatsink? Because i'm thinking either new heatsink will fix or new mobo..