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Old 08-14-2010, 04:26 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by 4x4_Welder View Post
The thing I notice with it is that during startup and "power save" mode, the fans kick on to high speed, but run slow all other times.
Spoke with Dell regarding this exact issue, as the Vostro does the same thing.

Perfectly normal. The machine knows the CPU temperature and won't increase the fan speed unless it senses overheating. The Dell diagnostics confirmed that the temperature is normal and not the problem.
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