Q:
My laptop will restart about every 5 minutes when I am doing some word processing or browsing webpages. Is this normal? If there’s nothing wrong, what should I do to control my fan? Is there a better control option to balance the running of the fan or the radiation of the system?
A:
1): If your laptop overheats enough that lets your fan start working to cool down, then it should be OK. If you plan to let the fan work more slowly or just shut it down, then you can use i8Kfangui to control the fan and inspect laptop temperature.
2): In my opinion, when your laptop fan stops running, you can use some simple applications to test the laptop temperature. And then post the temperature you inspected, which lets more people help you with it.
Of course, you can control the running speed of your fan, use SpeedFan software or just go check the control option in BIOS. But personally speaking, I still feel the previous one would be better. For general laptops, if temperature exceeds a certain limitation value, fan would auto start to cool down system.
3): 52 degrees is within the normal range for CPU temperature. And hard disk’s is about 55 degrees, which is also a normal value. Overheating problem might be caused because of a broken ventilation hole or dust covering and blocking ventilation hole. If you still insist starting the fan, then you can try updating your BIOS from Dell support center. And be careful when you are doing this, and follow their directions or other operation carefully. You can use some applications like SpeedFan or I8fan to control you