Fan Running Continuously

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Tim F

I have a Compaq Presario 2700 notebook that I purchased
with Windows XP Home on it. I upgraded it to Windows XP
Pro in order to use it on a domain network. Sometime
after XP Pro was installed the computer crashed resulting
in having to rebuild it from the ground up. It was
recommended by MicroSoft and HP that I completely rebuild
the notebook. Since rebuilding it apparently there was a
software installed on the notebook by the manufacturer
that controlled to temperature settings that instructed
when the processor cooling fan should turn on and off.
Now that piece of software is no longer on the notebook
and the fan runs continuously. Does anyone have any
suggestions or a patch that I can install to correct this
problem. I have contacted Compaq who suggested that I
take it to a authorized dealer. I did that and thy said
there is nothing they can do to correct this problem.
Any help would be appreciated
 
Hello Tim

That software was installed by Compaq and when you decided
to remove XP Hm and put XP Pro on their you lost that, if you
contact compaq they won't help you because you have change
your OS, and that was not the original software installed. So to
some degree you created a problem, that's the down side when
change your OS, their things that you will lose in the process

Compaq willnot help you because you changed your OS,

Alvin
 
Alvin, thanks for the reply. I had not choice in having
to upgrade to Pro. However I did not have the fan
problem after upgrading. Approximately 12 to 18 months
after upgrading, my laptop crashed while defragmenting my
hard drive. After having to rebuild from scratch as
recommended by both Compaq and HP was when my problem
started.
 
Alvin, thanks for the reply. I had not choice in having
to upgrade to Pro. However I did not have the fan
problem after upgrading. Approximately 12 to 18 months
after upgrading, my laptop crashed while defragmenting my
hard drive. After having to rebuild from scratch as
recommended by both Compaq and HP was when my problem
started.
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If you did an upgrade (?) installation of XP Pro over the OEM XP Home,
the upgrade presumably left the required driver in place. You might try
the reverse, install the OEM XP Home that has the driver, and do the XP
Pro installation over it. Of course, the OEM will wipe the HD so you
will have to back up everything important first.

Q
 
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