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Fan just stop working after a while..?!
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:57 pm
by goji
Title says it all.. Not sure what trigger this, but right now it just happened, for the second time. How i noticed? Well, like 1st time, tpfancontrol icon turned red, going above 80C°.. Last time, after few reboots, fan worked again. Guess it'll be same this time. Not safe to let laptop run this way! Do you have an idea where it could come from? Maybe not the fan..
Re: Fan just stop working after a while..?!
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:10 am
by RealBlackStuff
Overheating, dust bunnies in the fan, running the machine with the air-inlets covered, etc.
Re: Fan just stop working after a while..?!
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:40 pm
by goji
I think the unit was cleaned recently, so dust if out of question. Of course air-inlets aren't covered. Lastly, i'm not sure what "overheating" means here.. Overheating would kill the fan..? Can you explain that please?!
Re: Fan just stop working after a while..?!
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:45 pm
by micrex22
#1 is the fan spinning when this happens?
#2 was the heatsink assembly removed during cleaning?
#3 does the fan make any unusual noise during operation?
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:51 pm
by goji
Found out this happened cause air inlets where covered (not fully though)..