Entangledphoton
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Hi there. I recently was given a used Dell Inspiron2600 laptp. It worked fine when I got it and I then installed a new operating system to give it a boost. It only has 128 MB of RAM and windows works a little slowly with that for my tastes.
Anyway, after the install, I boot the computer and it seems a little odd. It was too quiet.
After a few tries I realized that the fan simply was no longer doing anything, making it hazardous to leave the computer on for any significant amount of time.
When I boot it up the fan spins for about 3 seconds and then slowly spins down.
I was wondering if perhaps this has anything to do with the power management whichis supposed to tell the fan when to spin and if this can be remedied by a hardware or software fix.
If not I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and buy a new fan module.
here's some info that may help
the processor is a 1.2 GHz Celeron
the video is integrated and uses 32 MB shared RAM and the i810 driver
I am using Xandros OCE 3.0 right now
Anyway, after the install, I boot the computer and it seems a little odd. It was too quiet.
After a few tries I realized that the fan simply was no longer doing anything, making it hazardous to leave the computer on for any significant amount of time.
When I boot it up the fan spins for about 3 seconds and then slowly spins down.
I was wondering if perhaps this has anything to do with the power management whichis supposed to tell the fan when to spin and if this can be remedied by a hardware or software fix.
If not I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and buy a new fan module.
here's some info that may help
the processor is a 1.2 GHz Celeron
the video is integrated and uses 32 MB shared RAM and the i810 driver
I am using Xandros OCE 3.0 right now