Laptop fan in warp drive help?

[BigonaBianchi]

I have a dell laptop
The fan wont stop and it's louder than normal
It's stopping me ecoding with a mic in the same room
I ran windows update
I did the msconfig thing and took out dropbox and Bkool on start up
Ther eis a list of other stuff on start up but i have no idea what they are and cant tell from their names
I checked the fan grill for dust and it looks clean externally anyway
The laptop is on th esame desk and hasnt been moved or dropped etc
The room temperature is colder if anything than normal
I did a system restore and that didnt work either
Right now Im just using google chrome to access the interweb
The fan is constant

Any guidence appreciated.
Ta.

 

[vernon]

Stick a match through the grill to stop the fan....

 

[classic33]

Try "WhatsRunning", to see what the unknown stuff running is.
Or right click & go to process location and see if that helps you see what they are.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Take the back off somehow and try and clean away dust with a vacuum cleaner. Just a guess, or try looking in the BIOS to make sure nothing has changed for some reason. On mine I think its called Cool n Quiet that has to be enabled. With my desktop PC it's pressing delete when it boots to get into the BIOS. Just a thought.

 

[Wobblers]

If this has just suddenly started to happen then it's possible that you've got some errant application or process that's hogging all the CPU time so causing more heat to be generated. Have you installed anything recently? You might be able to find out what's happening: hit the control, alt and delete buttons at the same time to bring up the task manager. Click on the "processes" tab. The first column is the name of the process, the second column tells you how much of the CPU is being used: you'll probably find that one process is using 50% or more of the CPU. If that process isn't called "svchost", click on it to highlight it and then press the "End Process" button on the bottom right. Hopefully that'll do the trick. (There is a possibility that you might stop something important, so save all your work first just in case.)

If one of the svchost processes is the culprit, things will be a little more complicated - but we can cross that bridge if we need to. Let us know how you get on - you can tell us the name of any suspect process if you're not sure and how much CPU is using, I'm sure someone will be able to give you advice.

 

[JtB]

The fan went on my HP laptop and it intermittently sounded like a demented duck. It annoyed everyone in the office and because it was no longer under warranty, the laptop got replaced rather than repaired.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Tell the Chief Engineer to stop playing around with the warp drive , "because it cannae handle this constant mistreatment, Cap'n!".

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Thankyou all I'll try these

 

[swee'pea99]

Depending on how long you've had it and where you use it, my first instinct would be as per CVD above - get to the fan and clear out dust. Even if it looks clean from the outside, you could actually have a wad on the inside. Most laptops get quite a build up over a few years. Usually doesn't take long to gain access - tho' I have to admit I've never tried with a Dell.