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evilcableguy · 07-24-2007, 07:21 PM

I did what you suggested and Speedfan is showing the same temp. I changed it to Fahrenheit and it was at 146ish. This is on startup. The first time I turned on the laptop the fans came on and stayed on the whole time. Again, all of a sudden the temp dropped to where it should be and moments later the pc turned off. Speedfan did not give me the ability to control the fans. If fact, the fans never showed up in the program. I re-installed it and still nothing. The Fn+F2 that is supposed to control the fans does not do a thing. On Alienwares support forum it states the following:

Keyboard Controller BIOS and System BIOS must meet or exceed the following versions to use the Fn+F2 control.

Area-51M 7700, MJ-12 7700i:

Keboard Controller BIOS 1.00.02
System BIOS 1.00.03

Mine are as follows:
Keyboard Controller BIOS 1.00.02
System BIOS 1.00.04

I am lost as to what I am doing wrong. I hold down Fn and press F2. The fans don't speed up or slow down or go into silent mode. Speed fan has a way to download information about your specific motherboard. I have not found out what type of motherboard I have yet. Maybe that is why the fans don't show up in the program. Someone said that I should clear the CMOS. I don't agree but I wanted to get a second opinon. Could something in the BIOS be keeping the fans from working? What do you think?

07-24-2007, 07:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
evilcableguy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: I live in Bend Oregon Posts: 8 OS: XP PRO	Re: Alienware Laptop Overheating(I think) I did what you suggested and Speedfan is showing the same temp. I changed it to Fahrenheit and it was at 146ish. This is on startup. The first time I turned on the laptop the fans came on and stayed on the whole time. Again, all of a sudden the temp dropped to where it should be and moments later the pc turned off. Speedfan did not give me the ability to control the fans. If fact, the fans never showed up in the program. I re-installed it and still nothing. The Fn+F2 that is supposed to control the fans does not do a thing. On Alienwares support forum it states the following: Keyboard Controller BIOS and System BIOS must meet or exceed the following versions to use the Fn+F2 control. Area-51M 7700, MJ-12 7700i: Keboard Controller BIOS 1.00.02 System BIOS 1.00.03 Mine are as follows: Keyboard Controller BIOS 1.00.02 System BIOS 1.00.04 I am lost as to what I am doing wrong. I hold down Fn and press F2. The fans don't speed up or slow down or go into silent mode. Speed fan has a way to download information about your specific motherboard. I have not found out what type of motherboard I have yet. Maybe that is why the fans don't show up in the program. Someone said that I should clear the CMOS. I don't agree but I wanted to get a second opinon. Could something in the BIOS be keeping the fans from working? What do you think?