Compaq 615 notebook

I have owned a Compaq 615 for a week now and the cooling fan constantly varies in speed and is very noisey. The noise is louder than my desktop PC Worst noise is like a CD / DVD spinning up to speed with a typical 'rush' sound. My previous HP 6715 was very quite. Can anybody advise me if the fan noise on this model is normal? It is also the first laptop I have ever seen that does not have a hard drive activity light!
Thanks
Mark

Also a nice way to keep down the fan noise is to put something beneath the back of the Compaq when using it on a desk, which will improve the air circulation and will keep the temp down. You could do it in one of two ways - A) you fork out some cash for notebook stand or b)roll an old newspaper (like my "stand" made from a Sunday Times supplement), tape it so it doesn't unroll and stick it beneath the 'lappy!
Oooh,and the noise after booting from hibernation and/or sleep mode? Play around with either the "system cooling policy" (at least that is the way it's called in windows 7 ((found in Power Options)) ) and also check if you have the more recent bios version  (F.09) installed on your machines
Message Edited by bk109 on 11-19-2009 01:34 PM

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