Recent content by Geek Sonic

Very good article, volcano. Components are not easily found here, but I can get them. If you could come up with some possible circuits that would be great! Since I am a physician, my electronics knowledge is a bit basic.

Thank you very much for your answer volcanoscout! I bought your idea and replaced laptop's thermal paste, however there was no effect on fan speed. I also bought a brand new fan and replaced the old one. Surprisingly, there was absolutely no change in speed nor noise. I also cleared cmos, but...

Hi everyone! I own a 4 year old Acer Notebook 4540 whose fan about a year ago is spinning always at max speed. What bothers me is its noise. Yesterday I opened it up and cleaned up all dust inside the fan (a lot!). The noise eased, but still bothers. I already tried the bios menu, but it is...