Hi. I have an IBM Thinkpad R40 laptop with WinXP. Recently, I found out that the laptop gets really hot because the CPU fan is not working (this is the only fan in the system). First I thought this might be due to BIOS, so I updated the latest BIOS and Embedded controller driver. While doing this, when the BIOS was flashed and the image got loaded, the CPU fan worked like a charm. It stayed on at its full speed until the image was loaded and the system restarted. However, once I restarted the machine after the BIOS update, the CPU fan comes on for like a second in the very beginning (POST)and then dies off and never comes on again even though the laptop gets really hot.
Since the CPU fan works when I update the BIOS, I don't think it's the fan that's causing the problem. What would be the cause then? Does anybody know the answer? My laptop is burning hot and I've got to fix this stink'in fan before it gets fried. Please save my little toy.
Any advice or tips will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Brandon
Since the CPU fan works when I update the BIOS, I don't think it's the fan that's causing the problem. What would be the cause then? Does anybody know the answer? My laptop is burning hot and I've got to fix this stink'in fan before it gets fried. Please save my little toy.
Any advice or tips will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Brandon