Re: CPU fan/ XP performance paranoia

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From: Richard Urban (richardurbanREMOVETHIS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:20:26 -0500

He did say a 2 year old Dell laptop (-: 

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Regards:
Richard Urban
aka  Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
"dglock" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:113be01c40f95$967ee9a0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> is this a desktop or laptop?
> if a desktop the cpu fan should start as soon as you turn
> on the computer and stay on unless you are working in a
> cold storage locker!
> don
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello again, oh' those that know,
> >
> >   I have recently recovered my computer from a long
> period of disaster after disaster to arrive with a new,
> clean, tight and fast instilation of XP Home on a two
> year old Dell laptop with a brand new hard drive.
> >
> >  But something seems very, very wrong.  When ever my
> CPU fan starts up (obviously to cool my CPU,) my system
> seems to lag.   I know that hot CPUs are 'bad' and that
> fans working are 'good' but the problem is that once the
> fan starts,
> >
> >  In NEVER stops.
> >
> >   And, as its running, it probably is cooling off the
> CPU, but my system just keeps getting SLOWER and the fan
> just keeps getting LOUDER.  If I shut my computer off and
> turn it on immediately, it starts up with no fan and no
> lag.  So I know that my troubles have little to do with
> the physical tempurature of the CPU.
> >
> >  After trying to convince myself that this is 'no big
> deal' I'm starting to get a bit worried, and now I'm at
> the point that I have to shut down my computer every time
> my fan kicks up because I now think of it as an error.
> >
> >  Opinions, advice or psyciatric recomendations, please,
> in post.
> >
> >  Thanks in advance,
> >  Paul of the Paris of the Midwest
> >
> >  PS:   Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I find
> that any issue I have might be applicable to any number
> of them.
> >Does anyone else see this newsgroups structure to be a
> bit counter-intuitive?
> >.
> >

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