dell 9100 laptop non stop fan

Louis Konyha · 01-04-2009, 06:13 PM

Just erased hard drive and started new.The fan on this dell inspiron 9100 will not stop running.everything on the computer works great but is this fan supposed to run all the time?And it's loud?

ash369 · 01-04-2009, 06:28 PM

Yeah the fan should be on all the time, maybe you can change something in the BIOS to make it quieter?

Louis Konyha · 01-04-2009, 10:19 PM

Thanks for responding.How do i deal with the BIOS?

cincotoys · 03-25-2009, 10:49 PM

Hello,

I have just fixed this issue with my Inspiron 9100 laptop. I have had had constant loud fan noise for at least 6 months and terrible performance. Yesterday I totally took the laptop apart using the step by step guides on Dells support site. I then removed the CPU and totally cleaned the old thermal paste off the CPU and the heat sink (using a good quality alcohol) and then re-applied a good quality thermal paste (I used arctic silver thermal paste). I cleaned out all the 3 fans of dust and fluff (processor and video card fans) and put it all back together using the step by step instructions, but in reverse.
The laptop is now whisper quiet - i can't get the fans to go on, I will be loading a game on it tonight to put it through it's paces but I am confident it is fixed. It's like being given a new laptop compared to how bad it was before. V happy.

best of luck with it.

01-04-2009, 06:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
Louis Konyha Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	dell 9100 laptop non stop fan Just erased hard drive and started new.The fan on this dell inspiron 9100 will not stop running.everything on the computer works great but is this fan supposed to run all the time?And it's loud?

01-04-2009, 06:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
ash369 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 233 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit	Re: dell 9100 laptop non stop fan Yeah the fan should be on all the time, maybe you can change something in the BIOS to make it quieter? __________________ Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Motherboard: Foxconn K8M890M2MB Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (1024 MB) RAM: 2 GB

01-04-2009, 10:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Louis Konyha Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: dell 9100 laptop non stop fan Thanks for responding.How do i deal with the BIOS?

03-25-2009, 10:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
cincotoys Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Re: dell 9100 laptop non stop fan Hello, I have just fixed this issue with my Inspiron 9100 laptop. I have had had constant loud fan noise for at least 6 months and terrible performance. Yesterday I totally took the laptop apart using the step by step guides on Dells support site. I then removed the CPU and totally cleaned the old thermal paste off the CPU and the heat sink (using a good quality alcohol) and then re-applied a good quality thermal paste (I used arctic silver thermal paste). I cleaned out all the 3 fans of dust and fluff (processor and video card fans) and put it all back together using the step by step instructions, but in reverse. The laptop is now whisper quiet - i can't get the fans to go on, I will be loading a game on it tonight to put it through it's paces but I am confident it is fixed. It's like being given a new laptop compared to how bad it was before. V happy. best of luck with it.