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Fan on laptop
James240
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Hi guys
Is there a program for Vista to see if fans are on? and how fast they are going?
Just that my laptop seems to be getting kinda hot but it sounds like the fan(s) are on
Cheers
James
Is there a program for Vista to see if fans are on? and how fast they are going?
Just that my laptop seems to be getting kinda hot but it sounds like the fan(s) are on
Cheers
James
Savings Total so far for 2026: £0/£10,000
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Hi guys
Is there a program for Vista to see if fans are on? and how fast they are going?
Just that my laptop seems to be getting kinda hot but it sounds like the fan(s) are on
Cheers
James
Your motherboard has to have sensors that support such software for it to work?
My Dell Vostro 1700 fan is on more often than not; Vista is very greedy on cpu resources :mad:You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky
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chuckles1066 wrote: »Your motherboard has to have sensors that support such software for it to work?
My Dell Vostro 1700 fan is on more often than not; Vista is very greedy on cpu resources :mad:
Okies, i have an Acer Inspire 5100 (not sure of motherboard though) is there anyway of knowing if the motherboard has the sensors?Savings Total so far for 2026: £0/£10,0000 -
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I wouldn't say vista is hungry on cpu, it does chew up as much ram as it can that's true, on my Vista side bar I have a monitor thingy, on idle it just bobs between 0% and 4%, if I wiggle this page around the desktop it goes to about 16% on each core, Ram is showed as 56%, that's 1148 of 2046mbThere are 10 types of people in the world; those who understand binary and those who don't...0
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cheers guys
:beer:
just foundwhat the problem was though, the fan had thick dust, etc all gunked up on the inside of the heatsink holes, i unscrewed the fan and cleared that out now seems to have sorted out the problem entirely
Many thanks for all ur help though :beer:Savings Total so far for 2026: £0/£10,0000 -
sleep2much wrote: »I wouldn't say vista is hungry on cpu, it does chew up as much ram as it can that's true, on my Vista side bar I have a monitor thingy, on idle it just bobs between 0% and 4%, if I wiggle this page around the desktop it goes to about 16% on each core, Ram is showed as 56%, that's 1148 of 2046mb
Yeah i have Vista Premium and 2GB of Ram as well, and generally mine only sits at 56% of Ram when i have multiple tabs open as well as Outlook 2007 and Windows Mail as well
Although i wouldnt like to run Vista on less than 2GB as i could see it running the machine at a slow rate Savings Total so far for 2026: £0/£10,0000
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