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i7 820QM fan running when idle - normal?

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‎09-29-2010 02:16 AM
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I've just bought a Sony VAIO F-series with an i7 820QM processor and I've found that the fan runs even when the machine is idle. Not all the time but even with a couple of tabs open in Chrome it seem to start up again.

RealTemp reports the cores averaging 41C when idle. Whilst I appreciate this is not over-heating I would expect a top of the range laptop to run silently unless being heavily loaded. Is this a dud installation, a normal Sony problem, or a normal i7 problem.

many thanks,

Shane

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‎09-29-2010 05:23 AM
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The fan should always run even in idle

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