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JohninEngland

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Registered: 20/08/08
Equium A60 - Fan constantly running
Posted: 20-Aug-2008 12:02
 
Equium A60. 5 years old. For years now the fan has run constantly. Even in winter and when little processing going on.

Help. Beginner's language please.
Mores

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Registered: 10/02/05
Re: Equium A60 - Fan constantly running
Posted: 20-Aug-2008 13:10   in response to: JohninEngland in response to: JohninEngland
 
Hi

After 5 years of usage I believe your notebook is full of dust. Dust blocks air circulation and the notebook cannot be cooled properly. Because of that cooling fan runs constantly and try to cool down hardware components.

In my opinion the first step you should do is cleaning your notebook. If you want to do this properly the notebook must be disassembled. I do not know if you can do this alone without maintenance manual but if it should be done on professional way contact service and let them do this for you.
JohninEngland

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Registered: 20/08/08
Re: Equium A60 - Fan constantly running
Posted: 21-Aug-2008 10:28   in response to: Mores in response to: Mores
 
Mores,
Many thanks I will try this it sounds very likely. Believe it or not after 5 years I also just found the power settings adjustment and I have turned down the screen brightness which has helped a little already.
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