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  • stevo1210
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2006
    • 4156
    • Australia
    #1

    Laptop fan noise

    Just wondering... how loud should the CPU fan on my HP TC4200 tablet laptop be? It sounds like a hairdryer. Low speed fan sounds like a hair dryer and high speed fan sounds like a turbo charged hairdryer. I don't hear any worn bearing noises as I do on desktop PCs, but it's so noisy that it makes everyone in my class cringe when the fan spins up. Heat sink is clean as a whistle as well. Obviously the fan doesn't run all the time, just when it's under a bit of load and the like... but still it shouldn't sound like a hair dryer right...?
    My other laptops Dell, Toshiba, etc are much quieter than this... I read on the net and found no complaints so I suppose HP didn't design the TC4200 to be as loud as a hair dryer... at least I think anyway.
    Time for a new fan...?
    Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous
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    • ratdude747
      Black Sheep
      • Nov 2008
      • 17136
      • USA
      #2
      Re: Laptop fan noise

      How hot is the air?

      Sounds like you have a fan control setting wrong in the BIOS. Is the BIOS up to date?
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        • stevo1210
          Badcaps Legend
          • Oct 2006
          • 4156
          • Australia
          #3
          Re: Laptop fan noise

          Originally posted by ratdude747
          How hot is the air?

          Sounds like you have a fan control setting wrong in the BIOS. Is the BIOS up to date?
          It's moderately warm, but not something I'd call burning hot. When i runs at full speed, the air is HOT!
          There's an option in the BIOS called "Fan always on whilst plugged into AC", that's disabled obviously as I don't want the fan always on when on AC power. BIOS isn't the latest and I don't want to tinker around with it in case I brick the thing.
          However, my brother did state (and I took notice) that the fan isn't loud in the task of blowing the air, but I think the motor is worn as it sounds like a car's differential whine! You can definitely hear a whine... something not common in fans!
          I'm going to order a new fan tomorrow and see how it goes. After all, this was an ex-corporate laptop and when I got it, even the chassis was bent, and it didn't even close... shows how much it got abused!
          Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - Anonymous

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            • ratdude747
              Black Sheep
              • Nov 2008
              • 17136
              • USA
              #4
              Re: Laptop fan noise

              yeah, maybe a bad fan. also might be a thermal issue with the heatsink.
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                • stretch0069
                  Screwed Up Super Moderator
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 2658
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                  #5
                  Re: Laptop fan noise

                  Originally posted by ratdude747
                  also might be a thermal issue with the heatsink.
                  i had this problem. when it creeps up again...and it will...thank you best buy ....i'll pull the stupid thing and do it right myself....
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                    • Uranium-235
                      Comrade Glimmer
                      • Aug 2007
                      • 5042
                      • US
                      #6
                      Re: Laptop fan noise

                      Its a bad laptop

                      give it to me
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                        • stevo1210
                          Badcaps Legend
                          • Oct 2006
                          • 4156
                          • Australia
                          #7
                          Re: Laptop fan noise

                          Update: Got a replacement fan (second hand) from Laptop Aid in the USA through eBay. Received it yesterday and installed it today... no more noise! Looks like problem solved.
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                            • ratdude747
                              Black Sheep
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 17136
                              • USA
                              #8
                              Re: Laptop fan noise

                              Originally posted by stevo1210
                              Update: Got a replacement fan (second hand) from Laptop Aid in the USA through eBay. Received it yesterday and installed it today... no more noise! Looks like problem solved.
                              did they bundle a refrigerator magnet and a sticky note pad? they did when I bought a mainboard for my d400 there...
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                                • stevo1210
                                  Badcaps Legend
                                  • Oct 2006
                                  • 4156
                                  • Australia
                                  #9
                                  Re: Laptop fan noise

                                  Originally posted by ratdude747
                                  did they bundle a refrigerator magnet and a sticky note pad? they did when I bought a mainboard for my d400 there...
                                  Yes to the fridge magnet but no to the sticky note pad.

                                  Have a few magnets from them through my many orders with Laptop Aid. LOL
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