Kam,

Sorry I missed about the wireless issue.

Hit the Windows Key and the R keys at the same time. Type

or an ipconfig /all log and maybe it will reveal something.

Rick

If you allready have a macbook and a macthat, why are you buying a windows machine?

Kam,

The solution to update the BIOS to version 03 or higher, it solves the fan issues

Rick

Hi Rick,

Thanks for the replies.  I have actually updated 16 driver updates today and found that this has really helped with these issues.  I am going to see how it goes over the next couple of days.

Thanks again,

Kam

Dear tugela01, I'm sorry if I offended you with my post.  I do not see any solutions in your reply, why is that?

If it is SO important to you, I do live in a house with a partner and a child.  I didn't mean to infer that all these devices were mine and I certainly was not gloating.  I can use any of the devices in my house that we have purchased.  Our son can use them too, weird eh?  A family with more than one device?!  wow! how strange!

I also found that updating the trackpad driver reduced the machine load at idle and stopped the fan from kicking in.  After a load of windows updates I only get the loudish fan noise during heavy load.

Hi PudgyOne,

Thanks for your reply.  I updated all the drivers that were both optional and recommended for my exact service tag #, but i am not sure which BIOS version I have now.  I am unsure how to check which version I do have and if it needs updating how to find that update.

Thanks,

Kam.

Thank you apollo77 for the reply.

I am pretty sure I have the most current driver now installed for the trackpad (I installed about 15 updates yesterday from the Dell driver update site).

Thanks,

Kam.

Hi there,

Since yesterday, and all the updates I have installed, I have noticed quite a difference in the fan noise and internet wireless connectivity issues I was having.

Thank you everyone for your timely and most-helpful replies.

Kam.