Re: 17 R1, fan issue - Dell Community
Hi guys, I have an odd issue with my Alienware 17 R1. It was getting a bit slow so I did a clean install of Windows 10 over the weekend. All seemed ok and running much better, but then the fans started behaving weirdly. The fans will be fine for about 5 to 10 minutes after boot up, then the left side LHS fan will stop and briefly the RHS fan will start. Then both stop briefly and then both run at 100% full speed, regardless of the cooling requirements i.e. CUP usage low and GPU usage very low. It even does this if you just keep it on the Windows 10 log in screen and don't fully start Windows. It just keeps running the fans at 100% full speed which is very loud and as such I can't really use it for any length of time.  I've tried setting the Power Plan in Alienware FX to balanced but this has not helped. Do you guys have any idea on how to fix this? The machine has CPU is Intel i7 and GPU is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M, OS is Windows 10 Home Thanks for your help guys Cheers Niko
17 R1, fans full speed, won't slow down