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[Burkhard Ritter <burkhard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That clarifies things a lot. So most likely I've got a defective unit. 
Still, it might affect only models with an ATI graphics card. Could 
anyone with a Timeline with ATI graphics comment? Do you experience a 
noisy fan?

Burkhard

Dan LeVasseur schrieb:
> I have a 4810tz and the fan runs all of the time.  I can't hear it at all
> though even in the most silent of rooms.
>
> -Dan
>
> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 5:22 PM, cyberfish <cyberfish@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > That is certainly not normal, unless you have very very good ears.
> >
> > I have a 3810t (intel graphics) and I can't hear the fan AT ALL most of the
> > time, even when I put my ear to the palm rest. I don't think it's even
> > spinning most of the time.
> >
> > I can kind of hear the fan if I run CPU-intensive programs (for more than a
> > few seconds).
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:56:02 +0100, Burkhard Ritter
> > <burkhard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > I got a new 3810tg and at least to me the fan seems to be too noisy.
> > > It's running all the time and the best I've managed so far is that the
> > > base level is quite acceptable but every three seconds or so the fan
> > > spins faster for a very short time (much shorter than one second). I
> > > find this very irritating. This was with the ati gpu. With the intel
> > > graphics card the fan spins faster all the time and the noise level is
> > > comparable to this six year old A31 Thinkpad sitting on my desk. To be
> > > honest, this is not what I expected when I bought an "ultra low voltage"
> > > notebook, so my question is whether this fan noise is normal or if I got
> > > a defective unit. Also, are there differences between the 3810t and the
> > > 3810tg regarding the fan noise?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Burkhard
> > >
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