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HP dv7-1444us laptop fan noise
I just began to hear a fan noise about 3 days ago on my Hewlett Packard dv7-1444us laptop. I am pretty sure it is the fan as I know how the fan sounds and it is not sounding like it used too (instead of the hard drive). It's making a constant whining noise now most of the time. Once an awhile it takes a little while to start making the whining noise. I downloaded the HW Monitor program and it has these stats:
Value Min Max
Compal 30FC TZ01 58C (134F) 56C (132F) 63C (145F)
(not sure what Compal means)
AMD Turion X2 RM-75 Core #0 58C (136F) 58C (136F) 70C (157F)
Core #1 58C (136F) 58C (136F) 70C (157F)
WDC WD3200BEVT-60ZCT1
Assembly 35C (95F) 31C (95F) 36C (96F)
Air Flow 35C (95F) 31C (95F) 36C (96F)
Tried turning off the fan in the BIOS but no luck as it still kicks in. Was trying to turn it off to make sure it was the fan by the noise going away.
Downloaded Speed fan and don't see any fan readings at all or I don't know how to use the program :)
Downloaded the Service Manual from HP, and of course the fan is the very last thing to get too after taking the entire laptop apart! Also found a video on Youtube of a different model but almost exactly like mine being taking apart! Looks scary and exciting at the same time. Why did they put the fan in such a hard to get to place? Hard drive is right there after taking out about 6 screws as I did just to take a look!
Any diagnostics program I can run to make sure it is the fan?
Thanks for your help! Any suggestions from this great community is appreciated!
Can I continue to use the machine. The noise is driving me bonkers, wish I could turn it off and maybe get one of those laptop portable fan things.
Can access all programs etc... as normal, but can't use processor intensive games etc.....because I am scared it will over heat and die! Which it might do anyway. Hope not!