The fan on my Dell Inspiron 9200 was making a lot of noise. Here’s how I fixed this problem.
I have a dell inspiron 9200 and about a month ago, when I turned my PC on, the fan (not hard drive) started making this huge noise and the whole computer slowed down. After taking the whole thing apart (I was so proud cos I’d never done that before…I did desktops but never my precious one and only laptop!)….and having cleaned the fans completely, the noise still persisted. I tried doing everything from windows too but nothing helped.
I found an online forum like this and it was such a simple stupid solution…….You can make your fan go at a higher speed if u find ur laptop over heating by pressing Fn+z (Keep Fn pressed and then hit z). Do the same to slow it down.
This solution is for a Dell /any machine which has a Fn key. So try it out. If you are lucky like me, it was a error on my part. I play PC games so Fn is right next to control (shoot) and next to Z (lie-down/crouch) for my FPS! So I must have hit that combination in terror when a monster jumped out at me or something.
April 18th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
I8kfanGUI
http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/
I have a Dell Inspiron 9200, works like a charm
Fully customizable
But remember if you want longevity you better keep that puppy cool.
January 14th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Unfortunately, this didn’t work for me…
I have a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo L1300, and the fan is going absolutely crazy. It has been loud and coming on every second minute ever since I got it (about 3 years ago). But it has gotten louder and louder and lately it has taken to never stopping whilst being turned on. It is driving me insane. I wear earplugs because the noise is so distracting, and my fellow students run for their lives when my dear (and confused) Fujitsu Siemens and I wander towards their desk 3 minutes before the lesson starts. *sigh*
Is there any program I can download to be able to control what temperature the fan starts on or something like that? Or should I buy a fan controller of some sort (or a whole new fan? But since it has always been loud maybe buying a new fan won’t save me..)?
Thank you in advance for any answer that might help!!
January 9th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
It seems there are much people use Dell Inspiron 9*** series Laptop.I am satisfaction with this computer’s speed.that’s good.
January 9th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Thanks, Inspiron 9300 fan problem solved. Just hit Fn+z.
Who makes this function and not print it on the keyboard?
January 1st, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Further proof that my BIOS absolutely despises me.
Much obliged for the help, especially from the comments.
December 26th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
sparky,
Thanks for the feedback. What did you try to sort this out..? I do something else which you didn’t try before I come to the point to buy a new laptop….
Shingyy
December 24th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Amazing! Same problem with my Inspiron 9200 for months. I was at the point of giving up and buying a new laptop as had tried everything. Such a simple solution. Cheers!
December 16th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Please someone help me with my nasty INSPIRON 9200. The fan never stops running after 5 minutes or so. I troed Fn + z stuff but it only works to speed-up but never speed-down… I’m thinking of replacing with a new fan but I don’t believe it is a problem of hardware that’s making problem but it is the matter of thermostat or some software which detects the temperature inside… I would really appreciate if someone could let me know how I should solve this problem!
December 13th, 2008 at 10:56 am
It’s all very well speeding up and slowing down the fans to stop the noise, but the fans are there for a reason and if you slow them down/stop them just to get rid of the noise the laptop will overheat (like mine did) and break something (the video card in my case). Is there no fine oil spray or something that will actually stop the fans being noisy without stopping the fans?
November 24th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Man you deserve the craziest hug from me. It saved me hell lot of trouble. I just dont know how to thank you. Sharing is indeed caring.
November 18th, 2008 at 7:50 am
this is not a fix for me- as some of the others my computer isnt even overheating the fan is just turning on at random times and then the computer starts lagging for no reason- this is right after i turn it on- and im just checking my email- sometimes it does it sometimes it doesnt. but i hit fn+z and it shuts off for 5 seconds to a min and then turns back on. very weird- if i find anything else i will come back and post it for those others who have the same problem as me.
October 25th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Dude. You’ve fixed it. This is simply amazing.
October 13th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
i’m having the same problem. Sure it shuts the fan down,but monitor your cpu speed and load. I am always running at 800mhz it never peaks to 1.73ghz and for some reason at idle cpu load is at 100% so it’s laggy as hell.
September 30th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
wow, instant fix to what i thought was going to be the last straw for me getting a new laptop. thanks!
September 25th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Thanks man, you saved my life! I paid a lot to get the fan cleaned and it still made noise. So much it drove me crazy some times. But this thing works eerily on my HP laptop. I cant thank you enough
September 13th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Thanks Man
It works, greate !!!
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:28 am
You are my hero. I spent months on this random fan problem with Dell support! My prob (Inspiron 9300) was the fan would constantly and randomly kick in at high speed for no apparent reason. Dell replaced both my fans and the motherboard and it kept happening so they told me I should reinstall my OS (didn’t do it). I found this post and then confirmed it here: http://comcap.free.fr/c640.html These guys say that what Fn+z does is force the BIOS to re-read the temperature. That’s reassuring, because it means you’re not turning off the fans permanently. Dell. I’m getting a Mac next time anyway. Thank you from Pamela in Paris! Oh, and I sent the info to Dell tech support. Duh.
July 6th, 2008 at 10:33 am
OK, WOW, thanks so much. I just checked and considering I was a hair away from throwing the computer out and buying a new one, it is much faster. Its amazing. THANKS SO MUCH ! ! ! I have been pulling my hair out for months. THANKS.
July 6th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Hi. Having a lot of problem with my Dell 9300. Fan running and very slow. I did the FN Z thing and that worked. Don’t know about the speed yet. I paid $35 for someone to check it and they told me they did not know what was wrong. It still runs slow so I will have to get it checked but these repair people don’t seem to be able to repair. Its unreal. Thanks at least the fan stopped running. Now i need to speed it up.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:07 am
YOU DO NOT EVEN REALIZE HOW MUCH I WANT TO HUG YOU RIGHT NOW! xD This is amazing…I thought I was making my computer do this, and that I broke it or something. Now my iPod can have a break from blaring, and overriding that ridiculous sound of my stupid computer. Thanks!
May 9th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
It’s good after press Fn+z,the fan stop and without noise,but it just can maintain some seconds or minutes,(depends on the hot of the computer i think).after the fans running in a high speed and make a big noise also.how to solve it.
Thanks.
April 15th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
OMG! That was ridiculous… that fan noise was driving me insane.. and my girlfriend too… ridiculous… thanks a bunch
March 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I have a Dell Latitude C840 and the fan is making noice. I bought a new fan but now I need to know how to take the laptop apart and replace the fan. Can you help me do this?
Thanks
February 15th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I have a gateway m305CRV laptop and just replaced the heat sink because the fan would run a lot. The new heat sink is just as noisy as the old one. The constant white noise is driving me nuts. How do I get the fan to throttle down? Please help!
January 31st, 2008 at 10:00 am
ok guys im having the same problem but not sure if making my fan go faster or slower. Like the original poster i have a problem where my computer slows down when My fan starts making noise. I recently started to play a FPS on my pc and it was slow as shit.
Function+Z does make the fan go but how do i know if its going faster or slower?
January 21st, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Thank you so much!!! I was about to reformat my HD if this tip doesn’t work!!!
January 3rd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Fantastic, thanks so much! Really useful tip. Works on inspiron 1300 too.
January 1st, 2008 at 4:35 pm
oops..
only works for a few seconds though… I have an inspiron 6000 and it’s not even over heated.. will have to keep looking..
thanks anyway.
January 1st, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Brilliant… thanks so much… had the same problem.. even though I have it on a wire baking rack!!
thank you .. thank you!!!
December 18th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Thanks so much for this tip! It worked like a charm for the same problem on my Inspiron 9200 as well. The only other way I’d gotten it to stop was to shut down and let the machine cool off before rebooting; very annoying!
So thank you, thank you, thank you!