Welcome to Windows 7 Forums. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find support and solutions for any problems regarding your Windows 7 PC be it Dell, HP, Acer, Asus or a custom build. We also provide an extensive Windows 7 tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks. Windows 7 Help Forums Windows 7: My Harddrive is running constantly Sweden in a tiny quiet town My Harddrive is running constantlymy old computer's HD is Running constantly. i cant get it to stop work. is it a hardware problem or software? and how can i solve it? thanks for your help There's quite a few things that can have that effect. Let's start simple and work up. How old is the hard drive? I would check the overall space of the hard drive, good practice to have at least 20% free. The HD may also be fragmented, you can check the status of both of these from the disk defragment application. If the HD space is lower then 20%, you may want to delete temporary files from Disk cleanup.

Next I would check the RAM and Virtual memory amount, it depends on what system your running, but a good baseline is anywhere from 2gb to 4gb of ram, and 1.5x your current ram amount = virtual memory. You can confirm these from the Task Manager, under the Performance tab. If those come up clean and fine, you may want to do a quick virus scan. I personally recommend Malwarebytes, you can find the most current version from their website at Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware download Quote: Originally Posted by pscowboy Quote: Originally Posted by sisrace Is this the computer that is in your system specs? If not, please post its system specs in another post (you don't need to change your current system specs). Also, is your computer slower than before? Let's try some things to help with this: 1. Try rebooting your computer. That may help with this issue. 2. Go to start, type in msconfig and press enter. Go to the startup tab and disable everything except your antivirus.

Then, reboot your computer.Where Can I Buy Camouflage Toilet Paper 3. Do what antikythera said: Run Disk Defragmenter. Sell College Books Buffalo NyTo run disk defragmenter, go to start, type in disk defragmenter, and press enter. Bassinet DrapeClick on Defragment disk. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, too. Be sure to untick the box that at the end of the installation says "Enable Free Trial of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware PRO." Also, Windows 7 does things in the background, so you will see hard drive activity, even if there aren't any programs running. Quote: Originally Posted by Antikythera The harddrive is about 3,5 years and i just made a system reset so im having 613 Gb free of a 652 gb hd Im not having any viruses.

becouse the only thing i did on the internet "with AVG on" is youtube vids, sevenforums, avg's website, javas website, minecraft.net and Feed the beast and nvidia. so i shouldnt have any viruses... Is there a easy way to see if your hd have any problems and how to fix it?. The HD led indicator is Constantly Yellow. sometimes it flickers a bit and somethimes it does turn off.. Quote: Originally Posted by windude99 Dont have any programs really installed right now. Have made a system reset and now im installing 98 updates :P and Heres the specs: Amd Phenom 8750 Triple-Core Processor 4 Gb DDR2 Ram 400MB/s (reading all this from my computers website) 500Gb HD (says in my computer that its 652 Gb o.O Windows Vista home premium ( Compaq Presario CQ5043SC ) That says Vista Home Premium. Is that what it has always run or is it running Windows 7 now? Does it have a Windows 7 upgrade? • Page 1 of 2 • 12Fan runs all the time Last edited by boarder428 on Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:12 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest My MacBook (non-pro) Aluminum is a few years old. Lately I experience the problem that my fans are running high even with moderate usage and the body really heatens up. It did this before, but only under heavy load (videos, flash or compiling of source files). Now it seems like a regular thing. I also have the comparison to another MacBook Pro, which is definitely not showing this behaviour, so I am quite sure that I am not imagining things. Also one night when I closed the lid of my macbook, fans would not stop running (it seems it did not go to sleep mode). Any Ideas what might be the reason? The only thing I can imagine is actually to open up the body and remove the dust from there with a spray duster. You should first determine if your computer is actually working harder due to some process(es) using a lot of CPU when they historically have not. Open the Activity Monitor app and check your CPU idle percentage.

If your system is using a lot of CPU, the higher fan speed is likely justified. If you are consistently showing >90% idle, while your fans are racing, you likely have a 'mechanical' heat issue (such as dust/grime on heat sinks or some air blockage.) If it IS a dust issue, I'd expect you would have noticed the fan gradually increasing its 'unloaded system' speed over time. There are also products that will let you monitor various sensors in your computer. Some will also let you control your minimum fan speed. My favorite is iStat Menus which has lots of options for what you want to watch and how you want to see it. It looks you have to clean the dust inside. This was the problem I had some time ago. Can recommend using free Macs Fan Control app to monitor fans speed, temperature sensors and to adjust fans speed. An SMC reboot will do the trick. I had the same problem after upgrading to Mavericks with my 2012 MBA.....here is a link to how to do it. We're looking for long answers that provide some explanation and context.

Don't just give a one-line answer; explain why your answer is right, ideally with citations. Answers that don't include explanations may be removed. So I have been having this problem for the last couple of weeks . I finally fixed the problem and it was so weird I just had to post how I did it for you guys. I tried all the regular things every forum tells you to do such as: Reset SMC, Reset PRAM, Ran Diagnostics, Cleaned the fans and heat sinks, Changed power cords ... nothing worked. I downloaded iStat Menus I saw that CPU PECI Die was running at 300 degrees Then I noticed my CPU usage bar would just to 101% and every time that happened a process called CUPSD was activating. So I googled CUPSD and found out that its a wireless printing protocol. So I went into System Preferences / Printers and deleted all the printers I added the printer I use regularly again And VOILA, The temp on the PECI die went down to 91 degrees and the process stopped happening.

Weird but it worked! I had a similar problem with the fan running at high speed all the time. I opened up Activity Monitor and discovered that the "Dashboard" app was taking up some 60%+ of CPU. I deleted all the windows in the Dashboard and the problem was solved. So clearly I and perhaps others need to be judicious in their use of Dashboard Apps. May solve other people's problems also. I had the same problem where my fan was running on high virtually the entire time I was using my Macbook Pro (mid-2014), and found this site. After looking at the posts here I decided to check the Activity Monitor, and for me, it wound up being Google Chrome. The Chrome Helper processes were many, and multiple instances running at the same time. After trying (unsuccessfully) to stop each process (they would come right back each closure), I closed Google Chrome completely and the fan stopped running. Using Safari only, I am not experiencing this problem (so far), and the computer is running much cooler.

It looks as if I'll stick with Safari exclusively as my browser. I can't thank you enough for the info here. I hope this contribution helps others also. On My MacBook Air, my fan was running like hair dryer. Checked up Activity Monitor window and saw that a HP printer process was running with 300% CPU utilisation. Realised that, half an hour back, i sent a print command to a HP Inket Jet printer (but had not connected the printer yet on USB). Instead of killing the process, I connected the Printer. After the printout was over, I could see on the Activity monitor, that in around 30 seconds, the CPU was back to normal. Not sure, it is HP Driver issue or not? If there is something spooled for printout and the printer is not connected, it must be the bad driver that still tries to use CPU to find out the PRINTER for end less time. Ok, I had the same issue suddenly and I was going crazy. What fixed it for me. 1. Opened the back case while MBP was running.

2. Blew on my high speed fan (due to my blow it stopped and started again) ha, then within milliseconds to seconds it came back to life - normal fan speed. So my verdict, the fan controller app might have "stuck" so it needs a "manual" reset. Once again, just blow the fan while powered on. Same problem - my finding was a small cotton ball of fiber stuck at the vent of the fan. I obviously had to open the back of the laptop, but it was pretty easy if you have the right screwdriver heads. I tried Activity Monitor and couldn't find a culprit there. I didn't think my fan was getting dirty, but only did it in the end because I ran out of other options. found the problem :) I would definitely open activity monitor (Cmd+Space then search Activity Monitor) and go to CPU, then look at what is using the most. Mine was Microsoft Outlook using approximately 250% of CPU. Closed it, fan immediately turned off. If it is a program you use all the time, try finding an alternative and see if it works better.

I wanted to say that this discussion saved my life. I've already tried to do PRAM and SMC reset with no success. After reading the postings I identified my HP printer was taking 388% of my CPU. Then I've searched on how to shut it down (it was not working on the activity monitor) and found this post: After doing that my CPU went back to normal. My Apple MacBook Pro, my fan would not stop running and the battery was running out very quick. I spoke to the Apple Technicians who could not sort out the problem. Checked up Activity Monitor window and saw that a HP printer process was running with 340% CPU utilisation. I went to System Preferences - Printers and Scanners and realised that there were 3 printers connected to it. Once I deleted the redundant printers, the process stopped running and the fans stopped running. Thank you to this Google search! Same problem here, on a 2009 MacBook Pro 17" - fans running insanely fast and the underside was too hot to have on my lap.