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I'm another one of those joyous persons who have a cpu fan hike, not in
price, but just spinning up so fast, I fear this laptop is about to roar
into orbit.
This problem developed this past weekend for no apparent reason,
although there obviously has to be one.
I believe it to be software related, but for the life of me (or for the
laptop of me) cannot narrow it down to what the culprit it.

The cpu goes from 1% up to 50% then down again to 1-2% and up and down
it goes!!!

I'm using a Toshiba laptop P200 with Vista Home Premium Service Pak 1.


Is there such a thing as a well known fix for this type of thing ...
I'll appreciate your help with this.


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ripsnort

My Dell Desktop did something like this right out of the box. It would be
nice and quiet and then without any reason, the fan would rev way up-- and
it was extremely loud. Did this intermittently, called Dell and they
replaced the computer. the new one was and is still very quiet.
MLD

MLD, thanks for the info. My machine is about a year and half old, so no
returning. It is though, still under warranty, so if it suddenly burst
into a ball of flames, it will be coverered.

And it just might be as The Max and Steve suggested a few post up. I've
been reluctant to believe it's hardware, but if I find it is, I'll blush
and admit my error rather quickly.

Anyone else with an idea, please step forward or for ever hold your
peace!


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ripsnort

"ripsnort" wrote in message
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MLD, thanks for the info. My machine is about a year and half old, so no
returning. It is though, still under warranty, so if it suddenly burst
into a ball of flames, it will be coverered.

And it just might be as The Max and Steve suggested a few post up. I've
been reluctant to believe it's hardware, but if I find it is, I'll blush
and admit my error rather quickly.

Anyone else with an idea, please step forward or for ever hold your
peace!

ripsnort


Hey, why wait for the fireball?---if it is still under warranty why not
contact the manufacturer and request that the problem be fixed. Hard to
believe that this is one of a kind and that you are the only one that's had
this problem. Typically, the same hardware/software problem/defect happens
in bunches, during a given production run, before it is corrected. Discovery
of the defect usually is after the product has been sold and the complaints
start coming in to customer service.
MLD

Just a data point: on my (rather old now) Dell Inspiron 8100 there are two
fans near the back. As the machine becomes busy they begin running, not very
noisy. The harder the machine works the faster the fans run. When they
approach a 'medium' speed fan #2 begins to make a lot of racket (I presume
the bearings are beginning to fail) as the speed increases beyond that there
is a drop in the noise from that fan as it gets going.
A bad fan would be my bet for your noise

Michael


"MLD" wrote in message ...

"ripsnort" wrote in message
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MLD, thanks for the info. My machine is about a year and half old, so no
returning. It is though, still under warranty, so if it suddenly burst
into a ball of flames, it will be coverered.

And it just might be as The Max and Steve suggested a few post up. I've
been reluctant to believe it's hardware, but if I find it is, I'll blush
and admit my error rather quickly.

Anyone else with an idea, please step forward or for ever hold your
peace!

ripsnort


Hey, why wait for the fireball?---if it is still under warranty why not
contact the manufacturer and request that the problem be fixed. Hard to
believe that this is one of a kind and that you are the only one that's
had this problem. Typically, the same hardware/software problem/defect
happens in bunches, during a given production run, before it is corrected.
Discovery of the defect usually is after the product has been sold and the
complaints start coming in to customer service.
MLD

Hi Michael,

After hearing a bad fan on another computer, I'm not under the
impression this is my problem here. At least, there is no *bearing*
noise.
This fan just revs up and down --- it might be quiet for a bit and then
suddenly it's up and down again --- just a regular fan noise, nothing
out of the ordinary.
It's just the fact that it turns up and down all the time, and the fact
that it didn't a week ago.
I did have it do this a few months ago, but after a system restore, it
disappeared. The SR did not do the trick this time because actually I
couldn't get it to restore to a day before this problem began.

Now it might indeed be a problem with the fan (or the heatsink) so it
does appear I'm going to have to take it back to where I bought it. They
do the repairs right there for Toshiba.

Obviously from the various threads I've done on this in the last few
days, this is not a normal system cooling effect, but it appears to be a
hardware failure according to the different feedbacks I'm getting.

Would you also conclude a cpu temperature from 125-130 degrees is a tad
bit too high?

Appreciate you coming in on this Michael. Thanks!


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ripsnort