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February 1st, 2006 22:00

Inspiron 6000 - Fan doesn't 'slow down'

I have noticed that whenever I am doing an intense application, such as video editing, once the fan kicks into high gear (beacuse the processor is running at like 100 percent) the fan never kicks back down into low gear once I'm done doing my work.  I have to reboot to get it chill out.
 
What gives?
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    boppo

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    Posted February 2nd, 2006 01:00

    try fn+z key.
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    Sseadoubleyou

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    Posted February 2nd, 2006 03:00

    What does that do?  This isn't some trick to screw up my computer is it?  I have never heard of fn z before:P  Please explain on what it does.
     
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    markpmm

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    Posted February 2nd, 2006 04:00

    Fn+Z reread thermal sensors

    If you do it twice the computer will explode in 10 seconds.
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    boppo

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    Posted February 2nd, 2006 12:00

    good one
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    bbofpc

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    Posted February 21st, 2006 22:00

    Now if fn+z rereads thermal sensors, does that mean there's an issue with the BIOS or is it another software/hardware problem? It doesn't seem normal that you have to manually force a reread.

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