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Inspiron 1720 Fan Not Working Unless Speed is Manually Controlled
Hello,
I have an Inspiron1720 with a fan that isn't working. I've replaced the fan and unforunately that didn't fix the problem. However, I found an application called I8kfanGUI that allows me to manually control the fan speed. When I manually set it, the tool will tell me that it can't change the speed but the fan will instantly start working.
I'm confused and have found no relevant information on this anywhere. Any help would be *greatly* apperciated as it just fell out of warranty a couple months ago.
Thanks!
ChanceUSC
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August 31st, 2009 20:00
I'm not sure it seized up, I just assumed it had. I've run the first part of the diagnostics test and it stated that there weren't any problems found. I'm running the second half, but it called it a memory test so I'm not sure how viable it'll be.
ejn63
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August 31st, 2009 20:00
First question would be whether the original fan had actually failed - i.e., seized up. If not, did you test the fan with the Dell diagnostics (F12 at powerup)? And what happens when you run the diagnostics on the system with the new fan?
dejavux13
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August 31st, 2009 22:00
Memory test wont help, first you have to run PSA thats pressing FN + power button at the same time, then you go to NO on the prompt of running extended memory test, then you go to test system, then custom test and then fan or you could do the symptom tree and run the fan diagnostics there, if a error message shows up yea probably fan is not working or is not going at the speed it supposed to go :)
ChanceUSC
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September 1st, 2009 18:00
It wont give me that option. As soon as I end the test it states that there isn't a diagnostics partition available and reboots the rig.
dejavux13
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September 2nd, 2009 11:00
okey it seems that you have probably reinstall windows so the partition got erased. if you have a cd called drivers and utilities, and it says diagnostics boot from that CD and do the same steps that i told you
Hex Black
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January 27th, 2016 01:00
I have an Inspiron 1720. It has been working fine. The last week or so it has not been turning fans to high when hot ( I used to hear it, but no more and GPU is overheating). I downloaded I8KFanGUI and set "force fans to high speed", and now i hear the fan working and my temp are properly cool. Is this a fault with operating system? Obviously the fans are fine. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Hex