Compaq Presario 900 - always working fan ?!

[stt_d31]

Hello

I have already 2 years a Compaq Presario 900 Laptop, and i must say that I'm very happy with it !!

But, there's a huge thing I never understood :
When I set up my internet sharing connection (with the wizard of XP), then it adds a "Network Bridge" to my network connections... And from the moment there's a fan in my laptop that never stops working until I re-install my OS !!!! that always-working-fan annoys me incredible after 2 years !

Anyone has experience or a solution to this problem because the sound of that fan makes me sick !!!

 

[computerdude2004]

That sounds weird. You should look in your BIOS and see if you told it to always run the fans. Do you have a fan controller? It could be telling your fan to run at all times. Your fan is supposed to turn off with the computer.

 

[Praetor]

Believe me, if the fan is running ... it should be running. If you dont like it now, consider how little you'll like it when it doesnt work

 

[Super_Nova]

Yeah laptop fans only work when needed, if it's on it's needed. It could be that you've assigned it a new task that is processor intensive and therefore it needs cooling all the time.

 

[stt_d31]

Not true.
When monitoring cpu usage a few hours without doing anything on the pc, the cpu usage never becomes higher than 10% in a few hours... but the fans never shut up...

When I re-install windows XP everything works fine and the fans shut up after a few minutes.... But always when I do windows XP network setup, the ****ing "network bridge" appears in my network connection and from that moment on the fans never stop !!!

I really don't get it.

When i put the laptop in the refrigerator, the fans also never stop, so think it's not a temperature problem.

I just don't understand it why !!!! and the annoying never-stopping fan-noise drives me crazy !!!

I need help !!! first of all to understand the problem and secondly to find a solution....

Anyone else has the same experience with this Compaq Presario 900 ?

 

[stt_d31]

Your fan is supposed to turn off with the computer.

of course, shutting the pc down and re-installing windows (and not doing xp network sharing setup) is the only way to make the fans operate like i think they are supposed to do.

 

[Cromewell]

why don't you manually remove the bridge after the wizard sets up your connection share

 

[stt_d31]

i did that already.
also disabled LAN connection.
But.... I can't let the fans shut up.