Cooling fan on Toshiba laptop

[Guest]

I just bought a Toshiba Satellite A205 laptop with Vista. The cooling fan
cycles on and off constantly when I'm using the machine. Is something wrong,
or are there settings to control this?

 

[Tim]

I just bought a Toshiba Satellite A205 laptop with Vista. The cooling fan
cycles on and off constantly when I'm using the machine. Is something wrong,
or are there settings to control this?

From your description that sounds typical for a laptop. But still make
sure you are not blocking any air vents while using it. Also, if you
place it on your lap or a pillow (or anything else soft and pliable)
that could cause it to heat up faster. Best to always keep them on a
flat, hard surface.

Tim

 

[David B.]

It's doing that to keep the CPU cool, it turns on when needed, off when not,
perfectly normal and I would not try to use any utilities to keep it from
doing so.

 

[JW]

My daughter has the same problem with her Toshiba laptop. About every six
months we have to use the hose from her vacuum cleaner to such the dust out
of the fans from the bottom of the system. Also sometimes she fails to
place the laptop on a hard flat surface and this of course blocks the fans.
which suck from the bottom.