clbgld Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 (edited) Guys, If anyone on this board still owns a NW9440, I would be eternally grateful for a little help. Mine has gone back three times to HP repair, and three times it has come back with the same problem. Basically, the original fan died - the replacement fan does not "rev-up" to anywhere near the pitch and volume of air of the old fan. I thought the replacement fan was incorrect, however, it now appears that there was a "redesign" of the NW9440, and this is now the "version B" of the fan for the unit. Some older NW9440s used to "rev-up" quite high and loud during heavy GPU usage, some of the newer ones apparently do not (there was a problem when using DVI out of the docking station with certain colors that would rev-up the fan to "hairdryer" level). There is one utility I found that reliably heats up the GPU, while keeping tabs on the temperature. It is the ATiTool, Version 0.26. When running the 3D box, my unit crashes (shuts-down abruptly) every time when the GPU temp reaches 104-105 C. Before I send the unit back to HP for the fourth time, I would like to confirm that other NW9440s can pass the test (especially if it is a unit with the "softer", second-generation fan). My original unit didn't have any problems with the ATiTool test even running overnight, although the fan did kick up to "very high" once in a while in order to cool the GPU down (if memory serves, the temp stayed around 75-80 C). The GPU is the Nvidia Quadro FX 1500M. Many thanks for any reports, CG Edited November 12, 2007 by clbgld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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