HP Compaq 6910p fan

My fan is starting to frequently grind. I've tried vacuuming it thinking that it's a question of loose debris that may have been sucked up and stuck along the track but that isn't working. I'm not sure if I should try opening the computer and cleaning it manually or what. Suggestions?
(P.S. If you are an employee of HP, please do not post a diagnosis question, disclaim your help as being from the company, then not reply when I post an answer.)
Thank you.

Hi:
I'm thinking the fan bearings are going out and the fan will need to be replaced.
Getting to that part is moderately difficult.
Here is the link to the 6910p service manual. Parts list with part numbers is in Chapter 3, and component R & R procedures in Chapter 4.
http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01566975/c01566975.pdf
Instead of a vacuum, use a can of compressed air to clean the fan intake and exhaust. Put a toothpick or something in to keep the fan from pinwheeling.
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Hi:
Here is the service manual for the 6910p.
http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01566975/c01566975.pdf
You will find the information you need to clear the power on password in chapter 4, page 38.
Wait 30 minutes before re-connecting the CMOS battery, not 5. You may even want to leave it unplugged along with the main battery and start the notebook only with the A/C adapter with BOTH batteries disconnected. But at a minimum you must leave the main battery disconnected, and start only with the A/C adapter attached.
If that procedure does not clear the power on password, your predecessor enabled stringent security in the BIOS, and it will be your chance to get a new notebook for your new position, as the one you currently have will need a new motherboard in order to be of use again.
Paul

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Hey marionholt,
I am sorry, but to get your issue more exposure, I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums, since this is a commercial product. You can do this at http://h30499.www3.hp.com/hpeb/
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Hi,
Full list of drivers is in the following link:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=3357378&lang=en&cc=us...
The following instructions may help:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/192930/how_to_upgrade_your_laptop_hard_drive_to_an_ssd.html
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I bought a used Compaq 6910p formy daughter that uses the Vista OS. We have digitally installed the Sims 3 game, but can't seem torun it. Every time we start to run the gameit givesus the following error message:
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You can try this though, go to Intel and run the driver finder and see if it can find a newer driver that may help.
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect?iid=dc_spotlight_dctop10
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ATI.
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Look here!! https://community.amd.com/thread/184529 This driver is compatible and working for windows 10 : http://support.ts.fujitsu.com/Download/ShowDescription.asp?SoftwareGUID=BD0BF5DE-5E2A-4C42-959D-E4B3296AC126&OSID=DD13C337-8EFF-4CFB-A589-72971D7BCBCE&Status=False&Component=ATI - Mobility Radeon X2300 HD (Onboard)

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[SOLVED] Compaq 6510b fan control

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I installed Arch a few days ago on my laptop, a HP Compaq 6510b. Almost everything is ok, but I have a little problem with my fan. I installed cpufreqd for frequency scaling, it's ok. Then I wanted a daemon to control the fan according to the temperature, so I searched in the Wiki and found a guide.
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So I looked in /proc/acpi, and played a little with what I found in it. There are five fans displayed in /proc/acpi/ : C3C1, C3C2, C3C3, C3C4, C3C5. They can be turned on and off, and the real and only fan will change it's speed according to the "highest" fan activated, eg :
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C3C3 : speed 3
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Last edited by Vladislav IV (2008-06-24 10:45:53)

ibendiben wrote:stop! ho! what guide? The cpufreq daemon is not what you are looking for? Why not?
Yes, I use cpufreqd for CPU scaling, it works. But after that, I wanted to control the fan given the temperature, which is another problem. Even though I set up cpufreqd to speed up the fan when the CPU's hot, it don't satisfy me. There is more sense giving this particular job to another process, which will not be ruled by the processor scaling one.
ibendiben wrote:I don't like that, I have a Compaq myself: 6710b... but can you explain what daemon you are talking about here?
This guide : http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fan_control explains how to set up lm_sensors, then how to set up the fan controling system with pwmconfig.
The problem is that lm_sensors doesn't work on Compaq stuff (it doesn't detect any sensor but the core temp, but no fan speed, no voltage...), and the only way I can control the fan on my laptop is to turn on/off these five virtual fans. Look at the guide, it is written :
FCFANS= hwmon0/device/pwm1=hwmon0/device/fan1_input
The real problem is : if I look in the devices under hwmon0, there is no fan input ! So pwmconfig can't regulate the fan speed. That's why I looked for another solution.
Also, as I looked at the thermal zones, I found the one which is supposed to control the fan :
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critical (S5): 256 C
active[0]: 82 C: devices=C3C1
active[1]: 74 C: devices=C3C2
active[2]: 66 C: devices=C3C3
active[3]: 45 C: devices=C3C4
active[4]: 30 C: devices=C3C5
Given the critical temp (256 °C) I think it's the GPU sensor (but I think 256 °C is quite hot, even as critical, for that kind of GPU...). As you can see, it should increase the fan speed when this thermal sensor reach 30, 45, 66... But in fact, it's always < 50 °C, so the fan will keep turning slowly. Even if the CPU is at 65 °C So I thought it was not stupid to speed up the fan while looking at another thermal sensor (the CPU in my case).
I think I should also improve my script to make it look at several temperatures (CPU, GPU...) and adjust the fan speed to keep cool every component.
ibendiben wrote:Does every laptop (mine?) have several fans? The reason I'm interested is that my fan is blowing like hell and I can feel parts of the bottom are quite hot. So only when I use cpufreq scaling powersave to 1ghz the fan will rest in peace.
You're script is interesting and I could go and test it, but I'd like to know a little more first.
There are one or two fans, even three for the more powerful ones (with dedicated gaming 3D card), but in my case (6510b) there is only one. One physical, but under /proc/acpi/fan there are five fans, which correspond to the five speeds of the laptop's fan.
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How many times did you try ? Please try few times to see error and/or halted code ?
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