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protokatie:
Well, it turns out the fan wasn't fully dead. (It was turning slowly and making horrible grinding sounds). It appears that Vista SP2 upgrade (from sp1) required me to reflash my BIOS. I did as the nice lady in HP chat told me to do, and it seemed to make the fan work better (spins a bit faster and no grinding noise).

I have a few weeks before warranty runs out, and I am still perplexed at speedfan saying the temp is at 65C at idle and 85C at full load. But it has always been this way with speedfan, so I am hoping it is just speedfan misreading the values. Anyone have any insight on this? Is there another heat monitor out there that is more accurate?

SirPeale:
Katie, I'm surprised at you!  You of all people should know that a grinding fan is a dirty fan.  try blowing it out.  If that doesn't work, you may be able to remove it and lube the bearings.  I do it all the time with 4" fans, there's a stopper you can remove to add a drop of 3-in-1 oil.  And oil doesn't conduct electricity, so you might be able to get creative with a syringe.

protokatie:
The thing is, I HAD cleaned it, and for some "magic" reason the BIOS upgrade got rid of the grinding (for one night). Now it is grinding again, so I may try a more thorough job of cleaning it tomorrow. The thing is, the laptop still has another 2 weeks on warranty, so taking it apart right now is a no go. (I didn't realize it was still under warranty until last night). Regardless, there has always been a grinding noise since day one, but it wasn't bad until lately.

Guess if a more thorough cleaning doesn't do the job, I will send it in while still under warranty (after removing certain "personal" files from the HD, of course ;) )

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