revelations
02-11-2012 07:16 AM (33 days ago)

I have heard of these heat issues but the fan noise is annoying this laptop is just two weeks old, the vents should not be dirty this soon,
In the Bios you have the option of turing the fan off,
I am just wondering this fan being always on I do understand it is keeping the system cool but it should not be always on, that sounds to me design flaw,

BIOS is all updated to the latest I use the support Assistant to grab all the updates.

So do I have a lemon on my hands here ?
Athenium
03-07-2012 06:08 AM (8 days ago)
As far as I've gathered, it is a design flaw, or you could say an intentional compromise.

Like you said, your vents probably aren't dirty, but the fan is always on because the laptop ships with the BIOS setting to "Fan Always On". It can be annoying, but if HP did their homework this setting should keep the processor from burning up, and therefore functional.

I have a dv4. I recently turned off that setting (since it's winter anyway, and I'm not throttling my processor). The fan kicks on every so often, and kicks off when the temp drops acceptably. So, it is still monitoring the temp, which is good.

My brother has a G6 (I believe) which came with a faulty, rattling fan, which actually lasted for a year. His laptop started shutting itself down due to high operating temps toward the end, and he got that fixed. The new fan is still always on, but now it's keeping everything cool enough, and it's quieter.

My laptop doesn't burn up like his does. You'll have to determine if your fan really should be on all the time, given the design of your particular model. I'll be turning my fan setting back to always on in the summer time.