Laptop fans expel air and make a soft to moderate audible sound under normal use. If your laptop's fan is silent, the air near the vents is calm and the laptop is very hot, it's likely that the fan is ...

Hewlett-Packard notebooks include a BIOS setting that allows you to keep the fan on constantly when the notebook is plugged in. Using this setting -- called "Fan Always On" -- allows you to test your ...

Even after using laptops for years, many users don’t even touch the most important tool: the built-in hardware diagnostics. These tests are preinstalled on every Windows laptop and Mac. Since they are ...

Most laptop coolers operate on a similar premise. You place your laptop on top and fans drive cool air into the intake vents. The cool air helps keep things under control and prevents overheating.

You can’t focus on anything you’re working on with a noisy laptop fan. The culprit for a noisy laptop fan can be one of the two usually – dust and overheating. If you’ve been using your laptop fan for ...

The Pccooler PC-R6 is a surprisingly decent laptop cooler for its price tag. The slim, attractive design and decent cooling make it good by itself. The inclusion of a braided USB cable, USB ...

Even the best laptops can run hot and loud. If this seems familiar, then it might be time to give its internal heatsink and laptop fan a clean. While cleaning a laptop isn't the easiest thing in the ...