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Fan on ThinkPad R40

#1 Post by Nicalaine » Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:17 am

The fan on my laptop makes a buzzing noise about every 10 seconds that is driving me crazy. I cleaned the dust out of it after getting a fan error message and it is cooling, but the noise is quite annoying. :evil:
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Re: Fan on ThinkPad R40

#2 Post by christopher_wolf » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:24 pm

Nicalaine wrote:The fan on my laptop makes a buzzing noise about every 10 seconds that is driving me crazy. I cleaned the dust out of it after getting a fan error message and it is cooling, but the noise is quite annoying. :evil:
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Are you getting a Fan Error on boot anymore? If so, I would take a look at that fan again and see what it is doing; the bearings could be going.
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#3 Post by Nicalaine » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:34 pm

No, I am not getting a fan error on boot or anytime now. Just the noise
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#4 Post by christopher_wolf » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:39 pm

Does the Thinkpad Fan Control Utility affect the noise at all or is it a constant 10 second interval?
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#5 Post by Nicalaine » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:05 pm

I don't know if the fan control utility affects it or not...how do I find that out?
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I feel really dumb...

#6 Post by Nicalaine » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:48 pm

I took my keyboard out & found out I had a piece of the plastic cover on wrong that was rubbing on the fan....no more noise...
Thank you for trying to help such a dummy! :roll:
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