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@Beatrice57 wrote:

I have a new Latitude D610 2.13 GHz., 40 Gig HD 5400 RPM.  I also purchased a Dell Advanced Port Replicator for it.  Whe the laptop is not in the replicator the fan does not run a lot - when it's in the replicator it runs, albeit at what seems like low speed, all the time.  Is this normal behavior?  The laptop is functioning fine otherwise.

 

Thanks in advance for any opinions on this. 

 

If when the laptop is not in the replicator it's on battery power, then yes, it's normal.  Check your processor speed and you should see it throttled down on battery power, and full bore on A/C in the replicator.

Thanks for the quick reply.  So this is normal, right?  When I check the processor speed in the laptop NOT in the Advanced Port Replicator, on battery, it says Processor 2.13 GHz  295 MHz 1.00 GB RAM.  When it's IN in the Advanced Port Replicator it says Processor 2.13 GHz 787 MHz 1.00 GB RAM.  I assume the 295 is having the processor "throttled down", right?  One more quick ? if you don't mind - why is a 2.13 GHZ running at 787 MHz? 

Thanks again for the help.!!