How to run a fan diagnostic?

[RedRose0528]

Hello Sanketshirodkar,

You are stating that from the left side or your computer to the touchpad gets hot, is that correct? I will be happy to help you.

Now you mentioned while playing a movie this occurs, if you are not playing a movie and just using the computer for a period of time, does  it get hot then as well?

Please respond back at your earliest convenience.

Thanks

[smtrejo]

Late answer but I finally figured out how to "test" if the cooling would "speed-up".

After months of extensive and dedicated research, I found that the EC registry values could be edited with the RWEverything tool , which is risky if you don't know what you're doing. Then, I found that someone implemented an interface to control your laptop/notebook fanspeed with pre-loaded settings which can be edited safely: NoteBook FanControl . You gotta find your model and load the settings: supported models  

If your model isn't listed give a try to other models's settings, I have an HP Pavilion DV7 and the settings for the HP Compaq Turion worked for me.

In short, my fan suddenly stopped spinning faster, I did all sort of things from cleaning, tweaking, rolling back BIOS to fan replacement but nothing worked, and when I ran NoteBook FanControl and my fan started to spin faster then I realizaed that it must be a BIOS update that generated this issue in my case.

I just got tired of the HP grunts and their genneric answer, asking if you asked what you've just asked: "I understand you have a problem, is that correct? I'm here to help", which it really means "I WANT KUDOSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!"

Never HP again, ever.