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James Ruby adds:


> Ok, more to add here, this morning I shutdown thecomputer and Yes I'm sure
this is what I did, choose 'shutt down' and all shutt down fine, now when I
got home from work the lap top fan was on.  Needless to say I
> was just speechless, called dell tech support and they did not know why
either.  Any suggestions?  I ran the diags for the inspiron 7500 and all
checked out ok.  If anyone has any info about this system, if or
> suggestions on why I should or should not buy this creasy thing, I'd be
interested in reading your comments off list.

Here's a couple of things to help narrow it
down.
1.) Does the fan operate as designed while
using the laptop ?

2.)Or does the fan only come on with the
power off ?

If you answer yes to the first one, it may be
a simple calibration error with the temp. monitor
circuit.

If you answer yes to the second, I would suspect
a bad connection.

If the fan is always on then you may have a shorted
thermistor.

In any case, if you haven't bought it yet, send it back.

-yui shin

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