Fan ramps up then stops.
Hello, I have a Dell Latitude D531, it runs for a few seconds at max rpm then stops and keeps repeating, after a few minutes it shuts off, sometimes the fan doesn't spin at all. I have tried cleaning the fan, removing the CMOS battery and replacing the old thermal paste, it didn't help. Any idea how I can fix it?
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@andreiniculae, great work troubleshooting. Have you checked your task manager to see if you're running any load-intensive programs?
You can see this by looking at task manager (CTRL + SHFT + ESC). Let's see what that shows and go from there.
by Kris Rodriguez
@krisrodriguez The issue is not related to intensive programs running, what I am saying is that the fan isn't staying on, it keeps stopping which is causing it to not cool properly, it is also overheating while being idle in bios.
by Andrei Niculae
@andreiniculae, Ah! I see. I wonder if it's the fan itself? Maybe the part needs to be replaced?
While you were in there cleaning it, did you check the connectors to make sure that it was connected properly? Sometimes things come loose.
by Kris Rodriguez