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‎07-16-2020 10:41 AM

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Product: EliteBook 8440P
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I picked up a EliteBook 8440P (Core i5, 4gb ram) came with win7 pro (64bit).  I removed the HD, and did a fresh load of Win10 Pro 64bit on a brand new SSD.  It's running great - but with 2 issues:

 

-The fan doesn't run when the laptop is on battery power.  I tried the latest version of SpeedFan, but it doesn't find the fan.  If I run this way for a few hours the laptop just overheats and shuts off abruptly - NOT GOOD!  But the fan runs fine when the laptop is on AC power or in the dock on AC power. 

 

-The screen brightness controls (fn-f9, fn-f10, fn-f11) do nothing.  I must be missing a driver for this, right? 

 

Am I expecting too much for a laptop designed to run on Win7?

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