# \[FAN ISSUE\] Fan always on

**URL:** https://gpdsupport.com/t/fan-issue-fan-always-on/107
**Category:** Outstanding Issue
**Tags:** windows, p2max, fault, linux, hardware
**Created:** [August 26, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/fan-issue-fan-always-on/107 "2019-08-26T18:24:09Z")
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### Author: ![petem](https://gpdsupport.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@petem](https://gpdsupport.com/u/petem)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://gpdsupport.com/t/fan-issue-fan-always-on/107/21 "2019-09-03T10:10:13Z")

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@denywinarto - which bios version are you on if your on 0.19 or 0.20 I’d recommend at least 0.21.

If you follow the write up of the steps on how to flash bios from usb pen drive it’s fairly straight forward.

> [@How to Flash Bios from USB Pen (Without Windows)](https://gpdsupport.com/t/gpd-p2-max-how-to-flash-bios-from-usb-pen-without-windows/176):
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> Hi all, I just wanted to let you all know about a brilliant method (and in my opinion a much cleaner method) to flashing bios from a USB stick rather than running the GPD Windows Executable files. SOURCE CREDIT & THANKS: [https://www.reddit.com/r/GPDPocket/comments/cwc9zv/p2\_max\_initial\_impressions/](https://www.reddit.com/r/GPDPocket/comments/cwc9zv/p2_max_initial_impressions/) Thanks to @PeterCxy and [Stone-D](https://www.reddit.com/user/Stone-D/) for the solution and for permission to re-publish here and add screenshots. I tried this myself last night and can confirm it worked brilliantly. PRE-REQUISITES TH…

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