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Hello. I have a T3500 and I recently opened it up to clean out all the dust etc. as part of routine maintenance. Afterward, I decided to see how the cooling performance changed. I cannot seem to get the fans in the front to turn on. I installed "SpeedFan" and HardwareMonitor but neither can find a fan controller. The BIOS doesn't have a fan control either.
I should be able to test the function of the fans... I mean it is supposed to be checked via startup POST. So... I'm confused why I don't see any option to make them run.
I ran Dell's diagnostic test and the processor got up to about 80C but no fans ever kicked on. Please advise. Thank you!
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Posted December 6th, 2019 14:00
Anyone? Anybody? Bueller?
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Posted December 10th, 2019 10:00
Thanks for replying.
I found your other post regarding that file. I will give a shot and report back.
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Posted December 13th, 2019 16:00
I was able to run HWinfo and control the fans. I was able to control them manually. So yay! Thank you for the software recommendation.
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Posted December 13th, 2019 18:00
Cool, glad it worked out.
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Posted December 9th, 2019 14:00
One idea is HWiNFO64.sys