D800 fan not working?

[Dave]

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Should the fan in my Latitude D800 run all the time, or does it depend
on the need for cooling? I can see that the blades aren't spinning,
but the computer never seems to get hot and it works perfectly.

Thanks very much.

 

[Guest]

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it kicks in and out as required (well my M60s does)

you obviously aint working it hard enough.........give it a rolling task
perhaps a slideshow of high res pics set on fast refresh or something
similar

 

[Guest]

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test the fan using the Dell Diagnostics utility.

Start your comp and press F12 at the Dell logo.

arrow down to Diagnostics..........one of the tests runs the fan.

dj