Bought 2nd hand Laptop with SDD drive but the Fan is Running Constantly!

Trains

poppellerant wrote: »

The laptop which I have, and referred to earlier, has the same processor as yours. It does seem that your laptop has a different motherboard with an different chipset, but I don't think these factors will generate enough heat to make the laptop fan run constantly. My own laptop has been sat in a very warm room on a soft fabric for the last hour and the CPU temperature hasn't gone above 49c - in fact it is idling at 40c right now. Of course, these are two different laptops in different conditions and I know that nothing is installed that will cause my laptop to constantly power it's fan on at 100% - unless Windows 10 does a major feature update of course!

I wonder if you have programs running in the background that are taxing the processor. Have you looked in Task Manager to see what programs are running and if any are constantly using the CPU? You can tell by looking at the CPU column and looking at the percentages.

On a similar note, as the laptop is second hand, I would consider reinstalling Windows. This way you have a clean installation with no unknowns potentially lurking. But I would see what you find in Task Manager first. As pointed out already, it's possible that the laptop you bought with it's particular configuration is known to be problematic.

The CPU percentages seem to be low or very low.

Trains

ianto11 wrote: »

From your hwmonitor report

Temperature 0 69 degC (156 degF) (Core #0)
Temperature 1 70 degC (158 degF) (Core #1)

That's certainly "cosy" is your CPU running flat out also ?
For reference I have an HP Spectre X360 running an I7 processor which runs warm and appears to be an inherent fault with them, but I never get it anywhere near 70 deg

Apologies for posting duplicate info ��

Yes it seems to be problem with the Machine from what i have now read.

Trains

Geodark wrote: »

what is the connection between the SSD and the fan you keep going on about?

I had read online people saying that an SSD had given them a silent laptop and no fan noise, so i thought that was a big plus for SSDs.

Trains

Heedtheadvice wrote: »

Wow. Hot buttered toast, anyone?


Certainly too hot for comfort are those cpu temperatures. Aim should be to keep them in the thirties max (not always possible!) . Hotter than that and cpu life reduction is risked. Fan continuously on is just a symptom, however annoying.


It would be well worth following the advice to ensure the 'airways' are clear and the heatsink compound is replaced plus the heatsink firmly attached.....afterlooking at cpu % use. It should be highly used at boot up and for probably several minutes (depending upon what is being checked) -assuming there are no updates happening and no virus checking -and then when idle after this initial startup period it should drop down to say 5% or less after maybe 10 minutes. The more the cpu is used the hotter it will be, all other factors equal!


So two main areas to check before you conclude you have bought a 'pup'.

Thankyou for your reply.

I think i have been sold a 'lemon' / 'pup'.

Supposed to be seller reconditioned!

Trains

Thankyou everybody for the replies, tips, advice and information.

poppellerant

Where did you buy it from? If it was a computer shop, then perhaps they are able to check and clean out any dust from within the laptop. Tell them you are seeing extremely high temperatures and the fan is running in vain at 100% constantly.

Trains

poppellerant wrote: »

Where did you buy it from? If it was a computer shop, then perhaps they are able to check and clean out any dust from within the laptop. Tell them you are seeing extremely high temperatures and the fan is running in vain at 100% constantly.

I bought in on ebay.

I've installed all my stuff on it now.

neilmcl

Trains wrote: »

I had read online people saying that an SSD had given them a silent laptop and no fan noise, so i thought that was a big plus for SSDs.

It of course will depend on the ambient temperature. It's height of the summer so naturally the fan will be on a lot of the time, regardless of whether you have an SSD or not.

motorguy

I think people are barking up the wrong tree here. The O/P should look at what processes are running and also tweaking the power settings to keep the temp down / fans off.

Running hot / fans on is a common Win10 issue with SSD and there are many workarounds that will help.

I've had various older laptops with SSD upgrades and its a common trait, but is minimisable.

There are various online guides with checklists.

EveryWhere

Trains wrote: »

I don't know, i will try n find out.

I'm worried about messing the Medion up as i can't face reinstalling everything all over again, but will need to at the beginning of next year when Windows 7 support ends.

It costs as little £17 for an SSD. You can run a clean install to the SSD. That way, if there are any problems, you can simply just replace the old HDD and everything will be the same as before.
But there is no reason as to why there should be issues.
Just come back here once you have purchased the SSD. No need to wait until January is upon you.