cooling fan

[JP]

I have a compaq laptop computer running on XP. My problem
that I am having is that everytime I run any program the
fan fluctuates from high speed to medium speed every few
seconds. This causes the computer to lock up or makes it
run extremely slow every time the fan kicks in on high.
It's very agravating when your trying to navigate on the
internet or when trying to run games or other programs.
How can I determine what is causing this to happen or to
fix this problem?

Please help!

JP

[LVTravel]

Is the computer under warranty? If so, contact HP/Compaq tech support.

Otherwise I can't help you since I wouldn't purchase a Compaq under any
circumstances. Too proprietary.


"JP" > wrote in message
...
> I have a compaq laptop computer running on XP. My problem
> that I am having is that everytime I run any program the
> fan fluctuates from high speed to medium speed every few
> seconds. This causes the computer to lock up or makes it
> run extremely slow every time the fan kicks in on high.
> It's very agravating when your trying to navigate on the
> internet or when trying to run games or other programs.
> How can I determine what is causing this to happen or to
> fix this problem?
>
> Please help!
>
> JP

[JP]

My computer is not under warranty anymore either
>-----Original Message-----
>Is the computer under warranty? If so, contact HP/Compaq
tech support.
>
>Otherwise I can't help you since I wouldn't purchase a
Compaq under any
>circumstances. Too proprietary.
>
>
>"JP" > wrote in message
...
>> I have a compaq laptop computer running on XP. My
problem
>> that I am having is that everytime I run any program the
>> fan fluctuates from high speed to medium speed every few
>> seconds. This causes the computer to lock up or makes
it
>> run extremely slow every time the fan kicks in on high.
>> It's very agravating when your trying to navigate on the
>> internet or when trying to run games or other programs.
>> How can I determine what is causing this to happen or to
>> fix this problem?
>>
>> Please help!
>>
>> JP
>
>
>.
>

[Unknown]

Since it is small (laptop) try running in a cold environment to determine if
heat is the problem. Some computers control the fan speed and also cut the
clock speed to reduce the duty cycle of the CPU.
"JP" > wrote in message
...
> My computer is not under warranty anymore either
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Is the computer under warranty? If so, contact HP/Compaq
> tech support.
> >
> >Otherwise I can't help you since I wouldn't purchase a
> Compaq under any
> >circumstances. Too proprietary.
> >
> >
> >"JP" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I have a compaq laptop computer running on XP. My
> problem
> >> that I am having is that everytime I run any program the
> >> fan fluctuates from high speed to medium speed every few
> >> seconds. This causes the computer to lock up or makes
> it
> >> run extremely slow every time the fan kicks in on high.
> >> It's very agravating when your trying to navigate on the
> >> internet or when trying to run games or other programs.
> >> How can I determine what is causing this to happen or to
> >> fix this problem?
> >>
> >> Please help!
> >>
> >> JP
> >
> >
> >.
> >