How do I turn the fan off on my laptop?
406081
Some brands has own power management programs with option to turn fan always on. Some has this option in bios. But I never seen option to turn it instantly off. I wouldn't do it. Even if you have good wind tunnel built for cooling. Factory fan is situated right in the place for most efficient cooling. Show mercy to your CPU.
141746
-remove the case at all\n-Install fan to the case\n-if you dont have a genuine Intel CPU fan, buy one\n-keep the sun out of your room\n-you could put some covered ice near your case fan
643724
You should feel the fan blowing out from the power supply.
173522
Try this site:\nwww.almico.com/speedfan.php\nIt offers a software that can monitor and change your CPU's fan speed, to hopefully reduce noise. I don't know how well it works. It does say, "This program is aimed to the power user" (as in, it's not for basic computer users, since they might accidentally blow the thing up?), but from your questions, it seems like you are pretty knowledgeable. You might try it.
778893
just leave it on.\n\nthat's my answer.  but you do have to edit your power preferences so your computer doesn't turn off after 2 hours of non use.  other than that, I don't know.
178707
Ideally there are 3 fans in the computer: The SMPS (power supply) fan, the Chassis fan, the Processor fan.\nSome computers with some external AGP graphic cards have an additional fan on the card.\n\nAll the fans in the computer have to run (That is as silently as possible) in order to save the system from over-heating.\nThe SMPS fan has to run so that the power supply remains cool.\nThe Chassis fan has to run to keep the motherboard and other components cool.\nThe Processor fan has to run to keep the processor, which is very expensive, from melting.\n\nIf any of these is making a noise (if thats what you mean by run a lot) then check if there is something bocking its way. Or else, its time to change it.\n\nIf its a branded OEM computer (Dell, HP, Gateway, etc) get them to do it under warranty.\nFor all other systems, get a local tech to the job.\nYou can also do it yourself, if you can do a good job with a screw driver and a set of cables.\n\nHope thats what you were looking for.
1159386
turn off the computer
471631
Get a real fan.  The USB is nice, but not very practical unless you can put it near a window.  Plus, unless you drag your computer all over the house, you can't move the fan from room to room if need be.
779707
go to control panel power options(if u dont see it,change it to classic view) nd u'll find and option that sayz turn off monitor change it from 30 secs to never\nlol tc\nnd beware of the web
580663
Are you turning the computer OFF or STANDBY?
991743
step one: turn off the computer......
1035369
Just press and hold down the power button and it should turn off.
10420
You can replace it yourself but, the process is pretty involved for a novice person. If you have a lot of experience working with desktops and electronics you will have no problem.\nYou pretty much have to take the entire laptop apart in order to get to the fan. I've done this many times and it takes 20-30 minutes. \nThe PDF below from IBM explains how to remove and replace anything on the laptop in pretty good detail.\nIf you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself there are several sellers on ebay.com who will replace the part for $50 + shipping.\nGood luck.
158832
Get a Dell drivers and utilities CD and boot from it and run the fan testing program on it. This is the only way to tell if the fan is truly broken. I run a used laptop business and 90% of the people who come to me with broken fans find out that their fans aren't broken. Make sure and update your BIOS to the latest Dell bios available from their web site to be sure your motherboard has the most up-to-date software to tell it when to turn the fan on, but then run the testing program before you self-diagnose it 'cause you think it runs too hot or something.
265772
go into the control panel and turn system sounds off. it should be under sounds
164214
Besides adding/reconfiguring fans, or removing/reapplying thermal paste to your processor,  I would STRONGLY advise using CPUidle.  This small program runs in the background and tells your computer to "relax" when you are not doing something on it, or are just using it to do basic things.  \nIt basically keeps your cpu occupied when it isn't doing power tasks and thus LOWERS the cpu temperature DRAMATICALLY!  I use it on both my desktop and notebook, cause remember, the lower the temp the longer life you will get out of your processor!  Try it!
719245
One important note is that many viruses or file sharing programs will cause your computer to overwork, it is important to listen to your pc, fans should come on and go off every few minutes or so. A fan that runs constantly at a high speed is a sure sign of a problem. Use task manager (ctrl,alt,delete) to check your cpu processes, sort by cpu process % use, and see which process is using the most, it should be system idle process as default, anything else you might want to end process if you know it is something you can do without. Always turn off file sharing programs when not in use, also, make SURE they are off, a lot of them will run in the background even when you exit them.