Fan not running after W7 install

[notageek107]

Dell inspiron Laptop 700m. I upgraded to W7 and my fan only works at start up and shut down. Not running in between time of usage. Is this normal?

 

[Nibiru2012]

No its not normal. But the install of Windows 7 has nothing to do with the fan doing that. At least it shouldn't. Did you install all of the latest drivers?

 

[notageek107]

Where do I get the "latest drivers" ?

 

[sdmnysimon]

Try dell driver downloads

 

[notageek107]

It only gives me the option for windows xp and I upgraded to windows 7

 

[notageek107]

Can I download W xp drivers in W7?

 

[sdmnysimon]

http://support.dell.com/support/top...ment?c=us&cs=19&docid=361553&l=en&s=dhs#Step1

try this... i would not recommend useing xp drivers

 

[Zomby88]

If that laptop was shipped with XP that is what Dell would have drivers for. Is everything installed in device manager ?

 

[catilley1092]

Isn't the fan and some other hardware controls accessible by pressing F2, or another F key prior to startup? I once had a desktop fan do this, it gave a warning, but it was outside of the OS where I had to run the test on it. It was a CPU fan that was inoperable. There are boot CD's, such as Ultimate Boot CD, that may have some testing functions on it. I may be wrong here, but the fan is controlled by a heat sensor that is outside of the OS. That's what I was told over the time I had trouble, I reinstalled to no avail. The seller refunded my money over the issue.