re: Force cooling fans to run while on AC? Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 3:12 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by bob wells (1593 messages posted) If your Processor fan is cycling on & off there shouldn't be any problems. (indicates fan is operating within set points). When was the last time your processor fan was cleaned of Dust Bunnies? There are coolers available for Laptops. Most have built-in fans. See below. http://www.quadcooler.com/ Google "Laptop Coolers" for more ideas. BW There's nothing to learn from someone who already agrees with you. _________________________________________________________ On Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 1:24 pm, NightRayne wrote: >Hello all, I have a Compaq Presario M2000 notebook running a fresh install of XP >Service Pack 2, and I was wondering if there was a way to force the processor cooling >fan to stay on constantly. The top of the computer gets pretty warm when I'm using >it out in the garage (no air conditioning out there) and I'd like to play it safe >if possible. Especially given the fact that Compaq's aren't exactly renowned for >hardware reliability, lol. > >Thanks! Written in response to: Force cooling fans to run while on AC? (NightRayne: Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 1:24 pm) Responses to this message: re: Force cooling fans to run while on AC? (NightRayne: Monday, April 7, 2008 at 12:28 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Force cooling fans to run while on AC? (NightRayne: Sun, Apr 6, 2008, 1:24 pm) re: Force cooling fans to run while on AC? (bob wells: Sun, Apr 6, 2008, 3:12 pm) re: Force cooling fans to run while on AC? (NightRayne: Mon, Apr 7, 2008, 12:28 pm) re: Force cooling fans to run while on AC? (bob wells: Mon, Apr 7, 2008, 11:49 pm) re: Force cooling fans to run while on AC? (MartinM: Tue, Apr 8, 2008, 3:14 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum