Vista Tutorial - Cooling fan on Toshiba laptop

I just bought a Toshiba Satellite A205 laptop with Vista. The cooling fan
cycles on and off constantly when I'm using the machine. Is something wrong,
or are there settings to control this?

Matt wrote:
> I just bought a Toshiba Satellite A205 laptop with Vista. The cooling fan
> cycles on and off constantly when I'm using the machine. Is something wrong,
> or are there settings to control this?
>
>
From your description that sounds typical for a laptop. But still make
sure you are not blocking any air vents while using it. Also, if you
place it on your lap or a pillow (or anything else soft and pliable)
that could cause it to heat up faster. Best to always keep them on a
flat, hard surface.

Tim

get speedfan 4.32 that way you can control your fan speed also checks cpu temps,, i been using for over a year and all great,, even works in vista.

SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer

It's doing that to keep the CPU cool, it turns on when needed, off when not,
perfectly normal and I would not try to use any utilities to keep it from
doing so.

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"Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just bought a Toshiba Satellite A205 laptop with Vista. The cooling fan
> cycles on and off constantly when I'm using the machine. Is something
> wrong,
> or are there settings to control this?
>
>

My daughter has the same problem with her Toshiba laptop. About every six
months we have to use the hose from her vacuum cleaner to such the dust out
of the fans from the bottom of the system. Also sometimes she fails to
place the laptop on a hard flat surface and this of course blocks the fans.
which suck from the bottom.
"David B." <brooks.dj@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> It's doing that to keep the CPU cool, it turns on when needed, off when
> not, perfectly normal and I would not try to use any utilities to keep it
> from doing so.
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> "Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>I just bought a Toshiba Satellite A205 laptop with Vista. The cooling fan
>> cycles on and off constantly when I'm using the machine. Is something
>> wrong,
>> or are there settings to control this?
>>
>>
>

this is not typical,,i have a dell 9400 duo core 2,, 2 gig and my fans dont cycle all the time...if this is doing this all the time..there is a problem,,it means the cpu is not cooling right..i would recommend speedfan 4.32 this app will not stop the fans it can tell you what temp the core is and cpu,, and chassic on the laptop ,,also it can be adjusted to a certain threshold where the fans kick in..you need to see the temps on the screen,,and speedfan has been tried and tested by thousands of dell users on there forums..i have no such trouble with my laptop i cant even hear the fans when there on,,,and the extracter fans dont run fast,, there slow and quiet,, if your fans are at full wack all the time they come on..i think theres a prob..or it could be your bios setting or update needed.. or it just might be toshiba laptops that do this,,, Dell certainly dont.

UPDATE..ok i just visted toshiba forums and googled ,,and apparently i have read alot of users that have toshiba laptops are complaining on fans and fans are noisey on these laptops,,so i guess its the laptop build. i did read someone saying its a bios problem as his fans are contantly on and off every minute. .your best bet is to go on the toshiba forums and get some info on how other users are having problems with there fans..might be worth a try.