I got mine. The fan almost always runs and it is a noisy fan. Do others have this problem as well?
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I've had mine since February 2013 and can't say the fan is loud. I have had issues with it freezing up and having to reboot though.
1831339
No, I don't have that problem. I never noticed a fan running until I read this email. Now, I can hear a slight hum occasionally. But nothing you should ever notice. Yours is not right.
1831340
No actually, no problems that way at all. The only problem I have experienced is that while on-site at a clients I realized I forgot my charger and there wasn't a place in the land that could offer a replacement or a generic option! Why its not a standard HP charger cable I don't know!! But no fan problems. If anything I find it so much quieter than any laptop I've had before.
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DavidI would contact HP regarding your problem. I have owned the Spectre XT since Dec 2012 and the fan has never activated to my knowledge. I have 2 128gb SSD drives, 12GB ram, and use the laptop in average 2hrs per day. Hope this helps you. Derryl
372871
I have not experienced this problem. I bought two of these fans and both have performed great.
645722
Sorry to hear that. Contact the seller and send it back, especially if the fan doesn't come on. good luck
1290406
Yes, I have the same problem. I have learned to work around it. I make sure that I turn the main switch off, when I am not using the fan. I will check the channel switch, as suggested by other users. It is a very good fan, I would not replace it.
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Yes it has been fixed at least in the one I bought. No whine or any noise for that matter, sometimes I wonder if the fan even works. This is truly the best power supply I have ever owned and it is extremely efficient. I noticed a 32Watt drop in power usage after in installing it. Migrated from a PC-Power & Cooling PS measured by Kill-A-Watt.
316168
Same here...fan is all jacked up and incredibly noisy. Never experienced this with 3 previous Toshiba laptops, so I'm inclined to think it's an issue with this model in particular. Does anyone know the best way to remedy?
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It sounds like you have received a broken unit. The left button should turn the large center fan on ( it does on mine). I have had mine for about 5 or 6 months and it works just fine. I was waiting a little longer before i wrote my opinion on this product,for me its: so far so good.
736483
The fan should be running but it should NOT be loud. I'd return it for a new one.
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The one i got stopped working and so did the replacement after a few usea. It would work olay, but its kindof noisy and the fan is pretty small you have to sit right in front of it for it to work.
1844923
Not had that problem. Ours is 2 years old and works fine (other than the fact that its very noisy, has always been).
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bought 2 about 6 months ago. The fan seems to be loud on mine, but it needs to be cleaned regularly. My husbands isn't loud at all. Cannot tell it is running. It does run all the time. Not just when it gets hot. I sometimes unplug when not in use. For the price, being light weight, I like it.
466335
Either they have changed the specifications, or your unit is defective. The fan on my unit only comes on when I've had it under heavy load for awhile, then shuts off awhile after the load is reduced.
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Mine works well, fans are very loud. They sent me replacements haven't installed yet...
204253
There is very little noise with my unit when the fan isn't running. And the only times so far that the fans have kicked in were when I had it hooked to my TV as an external display. Don't get me wrong, the fans are far from silent when they do kick in, but with fairly normal use, they usually don't.
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Mine makes sort of a click noise but that is it. Mine is several years old though so guess they could of changed it. Very reliable little fan though!
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Yes mine does the same thing. My guess is that my fan wore out because the first few days it was loud and annoying, but eventually stopped. Only then did my computer begin to overheat and shut off when I play certain video games for as little time as 45 minutes.
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Yes. with little activity the fan hardly runs. With more processing it really blows. I found the problem with mine was some Toshiba installed gaming that was running all the time. causing the fan to run on high all the time. I couldn't figure out how to turn the game off (or how it even got turned on) so I just uninstalled it and my machine now runs quiet.