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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: shulman on June 28, 2018, 12:59:42 PM

Title: Fan stopped working
Post by: shulman on June 28, 2018, 12:59:42 PM

Suddenly whenever turning on my HP Pavilion 1000 laptop, a message appears that a fan stopped working but if I press Enter, I can go online. Why did the fan stop working? I never mistreated or dropped the unit. I notice it gets very hot. The PC is about 4 years old. Any advice?

Title: Re: Fan stopped working
Post by: soybean on June 28, 2018, 01:42:08 PM

Replace the fan.   You can buy them from various local retailers i many cities and online retailers.

Edit: Besides replacing the fan, you may need to do some troubleshooting to determine what causes the computer to run hot.  Otherwise, you'll be in the same situation again. 

Title: Re: Fan stopped working
Post by: DaveLembke on June 28, 2018, 02:06:08 PM

I'm actually surprised that the system doesnt shut itself down. Most systems have fan installed that if the system notices that the fan isnt spinning it will just shut itself down before getting hot as a means to protect from a thermal melt down.

Given that this system allows you to bypass the issue and run it potentially fan-less, I would avoid using your laptop this way as for you can stress components with the excess heat that the system cant get rid of. Performance of the laptop also might come to  crawl as the APU or CPU thermal throttles itself ( underclocks itself ) to try to run cooler and not roast the processor.

Title: Re: Fan stopped working
Post by: stuart85 on July 14, 2018, 01:41:48 AM

You need to replace your fan soon otherwise motherboard will be effected.

Title: Re: Fan stopped working
Post by: patio on July 14, 2018, 08:17:15 AM

Who's feeding the parrots again ? ?