1) Try cleaning it. (Can be a nightmare to get to it though)

2) Might be defective. (How old is it?)

3) Some fans are noicey (Turn up the music.)

1) I've already blown it out.

2) About 2 weeks old.

3) That sucks. It's a Lenovo notebook. The other higher end Lenovo in the house is silent.

Run cpuZ or speedfan and see what the CPU temp is.

If you mean you used compressed air cans, that won't clean it all (won't even clean most of it). Odds are you'll have to take it apart and clean the filters. Usually it lasts much longer than 2 weeks after retail, but if you got a refurbished or you have pets in your home...

I thought this topic was about the romantic sighs I make when I watch "The Notebook".

Sitting steady around 115F.

I did take it apart. There are no filters, just a fan and a exhaust port. This model is unique as it gives you access to the fan and CPU when the RAM cover is removed. Brand new unit, not refurbished.

Did it do it since the day you bought the notebook?  Either way, after only two weeks I would take it back and exchange it under warranty.  But I hope there are no telltale signs that you opened the case.

Bingo.

Some companies don't mind that having been done. Here in Denmark, ACER couldn't care less about the seal being broken.
All the take into consideration is what's been altered, compared to the original product, isn't the cause for the fault.

Example: My old ACER box gave me BSODs on every boot up. I called ACER (It's still under warranty, though just few weeks away...) and they told me that it was most likely the RAM that had gone partly bust, but they didn't mind me having swapped out HDDs by the bucket, GFX card, PSU etc etc - as long as these alterations weren't the cause of the fault.

Yes this has gone on since day one when I bought it. I have no way to return it, the store is 80 miles away and i have no way to get there. There is a panel that the owner can remove to insert or remove RAM or the hard drive. The user manual shows how to do this so I doubt that Lenovo cares if I opened the panel as it's made to be opened by the end user. It just so happens when that panel is removed you can also access the CPU heatsink and CPU fan. There is no seal on the panel, and there are markings showing what screws to remove.

kona, you could phone the store OR the lenovo support number and explain the situation to them, they MIGHT be able to orgainise a courier to pick it up and deliver a replacement machine.

harpo

I doubt Fry's electronics does that. However I could send it in for warranty service to Lenovo. That would take 3 weeks and I would be without a computer.

does your country have the equivelent of 'of merchantable quality' in it' consumer protection legislation?

I ask as au does NOT have any elecronics chains by the name of frys, BUT does have a couple of "food" chains that get call 'fried food hells( official names are 'macdonalds, hungry jacks, kfc, red rooster & henny penny).

harpo

The US kinda 'invented' them...

Likely it's one of two things.... faulty warranting replacement...

or...

Standard 'feature' of that model.

Google 'noisy fan issues' along with your lappy ver ....see what pops up...

After a Google search it looks like I'm not the only one with this issue. Is there a program I can use to slow the fan down?

If you had posted the brand AND model of the notebook others might be able to help search a solution....

...at the moment 'Lenovo notebook' is tits-on-a-bull-useless....

Lenovo G575

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-3000-and-Essential/Lenovo-G575-loud-fan/td-p/429587 Reply #9 might be off help.

A lot of others are reporting the same thing. Looks to be a design flaw from the beginning.

Hey kona a loud fan is not always because of dust it might be not screwed up tightly and may have a gap or the ball bearings wasnt oiled enough i had the same problem once with a new fan i used " Mineral oil -.you can get that from your drugstore that has pharmacies " dont use vegetable oil and only try this if its in reach and your sure you wont drop it anywhere else...
Slowing down a fan requires an adapter or if you are experienced enough you can simply pole (do a reversion) ...my bad its a laptop ok since its a laptop i would recommend to change the fan since i dont know of any program that is able to reduce the the poweroutput of the batterie and the individual powercables.
Maybee your fans are listed in the Bios itself that would the only option i could think of atm.