tHANK YOU VERY MUCH. i HAVE INDEED BEEN IN TOUCH WITH dELL. i DID A BIOS UPDATE. tHAT DID NOT COOL THIS THING OFF. dOES YOUR FRIEND HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SOUND CARD BEING DEFECTIVE?? Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jablonski, James (LNI)" <JABL235@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 11:41 AM Subject: RE: Overheating > Hi Peter, > > I remembered we had some overheat issues with some of the DELL computers we > deploy around here and I asked on of our hardware teckies if he remembered > anything about the solution. He said that DELL directed him to be sure the > BIOS was upgraded to a certain level. Apparently the temperature sensor and > fan-speed control can be controlled at the BIOS level. He recommended > touching base with DELL support to see what they have to offer. > > Good luck, > Jabo > > > i AM USING A dELL INSPIRON 8200,WITH PLENTY OF HARD DRIVE SPACE. 256 OF > > RAM,BUT RARELY USE MORE THAN EMAIL AND A BROWSER. mY VENTS ARE WELL CLEAR > OF > > OBSTRUCTIONS,AND i KEEP IT ALL CLEAN. > > Peter > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.