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10-12-2019 02:37 AM
I have 2 concerns (probably me being paranoid).
First is my fan speed. fan 1 hits a good (im assuming) rpm 4-5k. fan 2 only ever goes into 100 rpm, even when pushing the laptop and gaming. Is this normal? I would assume that fan 1 is used on one side of the vent and fan 2 used on the other. Seems unusual that fan 2 only ever hits such a low rpm. Is this a processor fan that spins much slower than my main fan?
Also when doing some light browsing (chrome with 10 ish tabs open) my cpu can reach 70-80 degrees c. I know laptops run hotter than desktops but that seems quite high to me.
Spectre x360
Core I7 9750h
Geforce 1650 max q
16gb ram
Laptop only a couple weeks old
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Many thanks 🙂
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10-13-2019 02:29 AM
That is likely to be because the BIOS firmware has not triggered it to run faster than that. Considering that your temps are well within the limits, a higher speed is not needed.
You can enter the BIOS and make it run all of the time if you want to just check it. That can be a bit of an irritant after a while and it will quickly use more battery capacity, so be sure and go back and put it in auto mode again.
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10-12-2019 02:57 AM - edited 10-12-2019 02:59 AM
On the fans speed question. That is completely normal.
The maximum Tj for the installed processor is 100 degrees C so 70-80 is within a perfectly acceptable range and not high at all. 😊
Here is the actual tech specification from Intel
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10-13-2019 02:29 AM
That is likely to be because the BIOS firmware has not triggered it to run faster than that. Considering that your temps are well within the limits, a higher speed is not needed.
You can enter the BIOS and make it run all of the time if you want to just check it. That can be a bit of an irritant after a while and it will quickly use more battery capacity, so be sure and go back and put it in auto mode again.
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