Dimitrios, Sorry for the poor explanation... Yes, the fan still spins all the time, but it's slower and quiet now (at normal temperatures). I have to put my ear next to the machine to notice it now, so although it's still happening it doesn't really bother me anymore. I haven't tested it under heavy load yet, but I assume (hope) that it will spin faster when the system actually heats up.
As far as the latest bios goes, I followed the instructions at http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Tech/libsmbios_dellBiosUpdate. The "System ID" for my 1420 is 0x01F3 and the latest bios for that is A09. If there is a newer one somewhere please let me know. -- nvidia graphics driver 177.80 on geforce 8400 makes fan spin all the time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
