Hi,
I purchased a J50C-4 a while ago and it worked fine for several months. There was then a period in which I didn't use it much, but now I've started using it again and the fan seems to constantly run at high speed. It's noticeably loud (I can hear it from across the room and when watching TV). It doesn't ever spin down. The BIOS reports CPU temp in the low to mid 30s so it shouldn't be running this loud (the odd thing is the CPU Fan Speed isn't reported ... shows N/A). Anyway, I saw from other threads that I should update the bios to .17 which I did but it has not helped at all.
I'm baffled as to what has happened .... why the fan is like this. It's really a shame since I can't really do much with it as an HTPC, or regular PC since it's so noisy. Maybe it could be useful as a small media server stuck in some closet in the basement.
CPU Fan Mode Setting is [Smart Mode]
CPU Fan Full Speed Temp: 70
CPU Fan Start Temp Value: 40
CPU Fan Start PWM Value: 80
BIOS Info:
Core Version 5.13
Compliancy: UEFI 2.7: PI 1.6
Project Version: GML0B 0.17 x64
Build Date and Time: 06/24/2020 15:04:44
MINIX Firmware Version: GML 2018-07-20 0.1
Access Level Administrator
Perhaps someone has experienced this before. I would understand the fan failing, but don't understand why a fan is constantly on high like this. Thank you for any help or suggestions.
I purchased a J50C-4 a while ago and it worked fine for several months. There was then a period in which I didn't use it much, but now I've started using it again and the fan seems to constantly run at high speed. It's noticeably loud (I can hear it from across the room and when watching TV). It doesn't ever spin down. The BIOS reports CPU temp in the low to mid 30s so it shouldn't be running this loud (the odd thing is the CPU Fan Speed isn't reported ... shows N/A). Anyway, I saw from other threads that I should update the bios to .17 which I did but it has not helped at all.
I'm baffled as to what has happened .... why the fan is like this. It's really a shame since I can't really do much with it as an HTPC, or regular PC since it's so noisy. Maybe it could be useful as a small media server stuck in some closet in the basement.
CPU Fan Mode Setting is [Smart Mode]
CPU Fan Full Speed Temp: 70
CPU Fan Start Temp Value: 40
CPU Fan Start PWM Value: 80
BIOS Info:
Core Version 5.13
Compliancy: UEFI 2.7: PI 1.6
Project Version: GML0B 0.17 x64
Build Date and Time: 06/24/2020 15:04:44
MINIX Firmware Version: GML 2018-07-20 0.1
Access Level Administrator
Perhaps someone has experienced this before. I would understand the fan failing, but don't understand why a fan is constantly on high like this. Thank you for any help or suggestions.
