Laptop issue

[wil129]

Hi there my wife has a dell inspiration 5160, and the fan is running all the time at full speed. What can the problem be?

 

[digital_exhaust]

The battery overheating?
Chexk the back of the battery, below the upc for any of these numbers. If it is one of these models, contact Dell and get it warranteed.

1K055 C5340 D6024 JD616 U5867 X5333 3K590 C5446 D6025 JD617 U5882 X5875
59474 C6269 F2100 KD494 W5915 X5877 6P922 C6270 F5132 M3006 X5308 Y1333
C2603 D2961 GD785 RD857 X5329 Y4500 C5339 D5555 H3191 TD349 X5332 Y5466

Apparently, they had a little problem with these

 

[Deleted member 119758]

Honestly, it could be any number of problems. Spyware, dirt on your fan, an actual heat problem, etc, etc....

No way to diagnose it unless there are more details.

 

[wil129]

I have the battery out am I supposed to look for battery type or the number on the barcode?

 

[digital_exhaust]

The number below the barcode, it should be in the second series of numbers.
I believe it's something like this... xx-xXXXXXXx-xxxx-xxx
or something similar. The nimbers your looking for would be where the x in my example is capitalized.

 

[wil129]

ok found them thanks.