BIOS v.3114 - fan, heat issues

Dunno, I stayed with the old version.

 

I just bought one with 1GB/120GB Win XP and BIOS v.3114. The first time I booted I noticed the always-on fan and the whining fan noise. I found this site and downgraded the BIOS to v.3109, but the noise is still there.

 

Hi newg,

This is really interesting, I did not know that v.3114 was now shipping as standard. Other than the fan isssue are you noticing any differences?

Many thanks.

 

I can confirm that the new bios is shipped out, My AA1 has this, along with xp out of the box. Same issues for me, my aa1 has a constant running fan (at least almost constant) while my friend with a linpus converted to xp aa1 has almost no fan issues..

Other things.. well it feels like mine is a bit more wifi happy, but this could be random.. more stable and a bit faster on net. That is it I think.. but this fan issue.. must fix!

 

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my new aspire one linux 120gb from pcworld came with this bios, nps at all with it.

 

Hi,

Two things; can you help me out with the meaning of "nps"?

Secondly, is their a way to control the fan from within Linpus Linux, I might have missed a thread here but other threads appear to be dealing with XP or Vista.

Thanks

 

nps = no problems

 

This sure sounds similar to the saga on the eeePC; first fan complaints, then people saying that the fan does not turn off at all, then a new BIOS that was supposed to fix the fan but some said it just made it worse, then people saying that if they did any BIOS upgrade it made their fan stay on, some saying theirs was fine... I don't know the whole story.

 

Like a lot of people I don't and have never had a problem with fan noise, the fan might run all the time but it's inaudible unless you stick your ear next to the output on the left hand side. I've got extremely good hearing too and use mine in libraries. This is with the 3109 bios, but I think that's irrelevant, one of the manufacturers must just be using a noisier fan so this is a hardware and not software issue.

 

I need to resolve the Disappearing Wifi problem in WinXP. Is this the BIOS that everyone is installing successfully? I'm not familiar with Humyo--do I need to create an account in order to download the file? (I don't see any way to download it otherwise.)