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 deadHead321
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 quick laptop advice? 
#8548097 - 06/21/08 05:12 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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the fan on my Dell Inspiron 6000 runs quite frequently, especilly when viewing videos a la Youtube or whatnot.
it kicks on when regular browsing as well...
any suggestions on how to curb the frequent fan running?
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 Re: quick laptop advice? [Re: deadHead321]
#8548118 - 06/21/08 05:20 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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get a cool pad!
btw i used to plug my cool pad to a discman adapter , because the cool pad was weak, never had probs in doing this
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Edited by wickedsick (06/21/08 05:21 PM)
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deadHead321
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Re: quick laptop advice? [Re: wickedsick]
#8549145 - 06/21/08 11:20 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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anything i can do as far as maintenance or settings?!
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fee
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Re: quick laptop advice? [Re: deadHead321]
#8549160 - 06/21/08 11:27 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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i just always prop up the back of the of it and type on an angle as to get air flow under the machine. A fan would help along with this method. Other than that do what wicked sick said and get a cool pad for it.
as far as settings all I can think of is just make sure you dont have any thing running that your not using
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Re: quick laptop advice? [Re: fee]
#8550027 - 06/22/08 07:30 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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That fan is going to run whenever the CPU heats up. Youtube uses flv, which is a really CPU intensive (compared to other video formats) application.
No way of escaping that.
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zouden
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Just to nitpick, it's not the FLV codec that's CPU intensive, it's the horribly-coded Flash player itself. It should be way better in Firefox 4, whenever that's released.
To the OP: is your laptop noisier than it was before? You may need to open it up and clean the fan. It'll void your warranty, so only do it if it's already expired. You can find a service manual online with diagrams on how to do it. I clean my laptop's fan every 6-12 months or when I notice it getting louder, especially on youtube.
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Re: quick laptop advice? [Re: zouden]
#8550067 - 06/22/08 08:02 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ahh, right. Either way I wish stage6 could have enjoyed gootube's popularity. Divx is way totally better than FLV in every aspect.
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Yeah, good replies all around. I had a different model of that run of laptops and the fans were generally underpowered in my experience so its going to run a lot no matter what.
Cooling pad would be an excellent idea:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2030260319%201276817102&bop=And&Order=PRICE
Another thing to consider is cleaning out the fan and heatsink from dust, hair, smoke and whatever else might be accumulating and inhibiting good airflow.
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Quote:
Visionary Tools said:
Ahh, right. Either way I wish stage6 could have enjoyed gootube's popularity. Divx is way totally better than FLV in every aspect.
Yeah, and it might again. Derailing a bit, but more Stage6 enthusiasts should give this a read.
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PICARD: When I realized the paradox...
Q: Exactly. For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you'd never considered. That's the exploration that awaits you...not mapping stars and studying nebulae... but charting the unknowable possibilities of existence.
To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening. -Dogen Zenji
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Re: quick laptop advice? [Re: toastandjam]
#8550405 - 06/22/08 11:38 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Interesting. I was wondering why someone hadn't offered and xvid/h.264 alternative. But if one really wants high def stuff, that's what bittorrents and emule is for.
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zouden
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I don't think a cooling pad will solve the problem of his laptop producing too much noise, since he'd be adding another couple of fans.
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Re: quick laptop advice? [Re: zouden]
#8552968 - 06/23/08 02:17 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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my laptop fan sounds like an old man with tuberculosis. especially when i start it up.
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