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January 30th, 2025 16:21
Fan runs constantly on my Inspiron All In One
Since I set it up, the fan has been running constantly. Its not that loud just irritating. I got on to support and they told me to access My Dell and that the new version allowed you to access Thermal Management where I could change the setting to Cool and the fan would switch off. They gave me a link to My Dell V3.3. and I have now installed it three times on request from the various teams - still no sign of any Thermal Management.
I then got told to download Dell Power Manager, which doesn't seem to work with My Dell 3.3 but I did as told. This time the power manager just showed a battery so I think is intended for a laptop. EIther way, no Thermal Management settings.
I was then told to enter BIOS by pressing F12 or F2 on startup whilst the logo is showing. I am not sure why this didn't work, but it didn't.
I am now on chat 7 with the Virtual Assistant and support team and no closer to a quiet fan. They just ask the same questions over and over and over and over again. Please help with something that actually works!
Tesla1856
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January 30th, 2025 19:10
It's probably just trying to save-itself and not melt-down.
I suggest you have it professionally serviced (they will figure it out) and cleaned inside. That should take care of it.
Quick Story:
I had a Dell Inspiron One 2330 (All-In-One Desktop) for many years. Came with Windows-8, and it took Windows-10 free-upgrade just fine. Recently, I upgraded the slow HDD for a SSD because I was going to give it to our (poor, tech challenged) church. It was now running pretty fast/nice for an older computer.
At the last minute, I saw that there was a final Dell offered and recommended BIOS-Firmware upgrade. I was very careful (doing it from "dos" and all that). Needless to say ... IT TOTALLY BRICKED & KILLED IT. I tried everything to fix it (Remember, I know a bit about computers) but could not (it would never again Post/Initialize).
Anyway, it now lives in my shed until I get a chance to open it again and get my SSD-back. Then I plan to smash it to pieces.
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RoHe
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January 30th, 2025 20:55
@NeilDell81 - Exactly which Inspiron AIO do you have, and how long have you had it...?
NeilDell81
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January 30th, 2025 20:59
@RoHe it's brand new. I've had it a week. It's the Inspiron 7730 27inch screen. It's a nice machine - just a bit noisy!
RoHe
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January 30th, 2025 21:21
What version of BIOS? Latest is 1.9.0.
Do you have the Intel Dynamic Tuning Drive installed?
"Intel Dynamic Tuning is a power and thermal management solution that is used to resolve fan noise, overheating, and performance-related issues of the system."
Are all the other drivers up-to-date?
cefnllys
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February 17th, 2025 10:38
my 5415 all in one ryzen 5 is about 6months old. i too complained about fan noise. the help people don't know every model so i got advise about intel versions, laptops and lots in between. but the fan continues to run in standby. the latest bios, now on 1.23, fan runs a bit quieter. maybe or I'm getting deafer!
sons got a thermal camera so might take back off and see what gets hot?? worth a try?
or will try hibernation instead of standby.
but seriously this is a very annoying problem. somebody must know how these things work ??? and then fix them. a sensor somewhere is set to very low temp and is triggering the fan. please help us dell....
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February 23rd, 2025 21:57
Any news dell? Answer our problems now!