SP3 constant fan

[Alexgpl]

Hi to everyone, this is my first post.
I am pretty desperate with my SP3 i7 256. Windows 8.1, fully updated. Since some weeks the fan is constantly running. Even now writing this, with CPU around 8-12% in battery mode, the fan is running.
Time ago the fan started, ok, depending on the task, but it wasn't a constant annoying presence.
And battery life went down.
There aren't strange processes, load goes from 10 to 30% but CPU temp doesn't move under 50 °C. Fan always activated.
Could it be dust? Or maybe a fresh windows install could help it?

Thanks a lot

 

[tarrant64]

Some people claim a fresh install works, but I just returned an i7 for an i5 in favor of "less" fan noise, but it still happens. :/ You can try and go through an exchange with Microsoft support and see if that works out for you.

I notice the fan more so when I have the power plugged in, but even watching youtube while mobile or anything can cause it to go off. The i5 isn't as bad so I settled for that and saved some money for the dock and other accessorries. The i7 was flat out obnoxious for me.

 

[Liam2349]

What software are you using? 30% CPU will start the fan. Sounds like Chrome.

 

[Alexgpl]

30% is a peak, I have just rebooted now and load is under 10% but fan throttles. Not maximum speed but it doesn't stop.
It wasn't like this for the first 4 months!
I'm using Firefox, Chrome melts the CPU and IE is super bugged.

 

[Liam2349]

30% is a peak, I have just rebooted now and load is under 10% but fan throttles. Not maximum speed but it doesn't stop.
It wasn't like this for the first 4 months!
I'm using Firefox, Chrome melts the CPU and IE is super bugged.

Have you always been using Firefox? Are you using different extensions in Firefox? Are you using any other software?

 

[ctitanic]

Do you have PDFs in your Documents folder?

 

[EpilEpic]

I had the same problem, uninstalling Chrome did it for me, fan only works at high resource programs and my battery life almost tripled.
However now I'm stuck on IE and I absolutely hate it, I miss all the functionality...What's the best browser to use with some of the chrome functions but without the battery drain and fan activation?

I'm guessing a clean instal would only make sence if you don't reïnstall all the programs you are running now, if you are doing that I don't really see what could be different since from what I've read till now the fan problem is mainly caused by 3th party software...

 

[SteveMac]

I'm running mostly on Firefox with the Flash Block plugin by Philip Chee, no issues with CPU or FAN speed. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/philip-chee/?src=api

Whilst I love the scrolling performance of IE, the external monitor scaling issues just annoy me too much to use as my default browser.

 

[leeshor]

Firefox DPI scaling can be adjusted pretty easily which make it a good option. Besides I (because of my business) have my hands on Chrome and IE a lot and I still use FF as my default.

 

[Alexgpl]

Do you have PDFs in your Documents folder?

I have a lot of documents, including pdf, but not in document folder. It's a folder in the root c:\ but indexed anyway

 

[Alexgpl]

Have you always been using Firefox? Are you using different extensions in Firefox? Are you using any other software?

Firefox plugins:
- open h264
- office 2013
- shockwave flash
And extensions:
- adobe acrobat create pdf
- downloadhelper but deactivated

 

[SeeVuPlay]

Man, my fan is running and load.....nothing is open, nothing running in background....its plugged in. this started happening about 2 months ago