Fn+Z doesn't make any difference. Is it supposed to? Never heard of this keystroke?
After a cold start it takes about 1 minute before the fan is really up and running. It's like sitting next to an airconditioning - it's running full speed all the time. And this just as I was so happy with Dell replacing everything...
Haven't opened the laptop to check but will do so tomorrow. What should I look out for? And might there be a connection between fan and motherboard that malfunctions? The laptop should be able to regulate the fan speed... By the way, CPU temp is around 30 degrees celcius (checked through Sisoft Sandra).
I believe their is a fan control for that computer in their bios, From what your saying it seems the Tech has set your fans setting to go to high whenever you register a temperature above 31C. I would call Dell and have them show you how to get into the Fan settings in Bios over the phone.
Alas, there's no fan control in Bios. Opened up the laptop: the assembly looks OK to me.
But you're probably right: it takes a minute for the fan to kick in and that's about when the CPU reaches a temperature of around 31 degrees. Problem is: it has only two states: off and full on. There was supposed to be an inbetween way? I didn't have this noise before repair (only on very hot days or with 100% CPU load) and I would like to keep out of the repair circus again...
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After a cold start it takes about 1 minute before the fan is really up and running. It's like sitting next to an airconditioning - it's running full speed all the time. And this just as I was so happy with Dell replacing everything...
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But you're probably right: it takes a minute for the fan to kick in and that's about when the CPU reaches a temperature of around 31 degrees. Problem is: it has only two states: off and full on. There was supposed to be an inbetween way? I didn't have this noise before repair (only on very hot days or with 100% CPU load) and I would like to keep out of the repair circus again...
Any other suggestions?