For sometime now, my Compaq laptop fan has been emitting a high pitched noise every now and then. This happens when I try to view webpages with high quality graphic content, for example, http://www.cnn.com or any photographic website. I thought it could be a problem with defragmenting the HDD and I have done that, eventhough the defrag analyzer said that there was no need to defrag my HDD and still the problem crops up. I am thinking of dumping my entire song and software collection onto some DVDs and formatting my HDD.
Is this the best way to go ? Google and HP.com.au don’t provide any suitable answers, or they were not visible to me (as a disclaimer).
August 6, 2006 at 1:06 am
I own a presario 2003 series,and yes,i do face the same problem that you mentioned.And the base gets heated up so much that i can make an omelette !
..Spoke to customer service @compaq:They told me to go for a new system,and trash (send for recycling) this one!
Seriously,thinking to get a new one..
mail me if you got any solutions..thanks
August 6, 2006 at 9:51 am
Prabhu – the base of my laptop does not get heated that often, its just that the fan is getting used too often. I have checked the Windows Task Manager and the CPU is not getting used that often, my likely guess is that a virus is playing in my laptop that Norton Antivirus cannot find.