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My CPU fan always turning?

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YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
March 08 2009 22:43 GMT
#1
When i bought the computer my fan rarely turned, like i rarely heard it make any noise, now whenever im on it, i always hear the fan turn... I'm getting sorta paranoid, does all cpu's become like this? the first few days/weeks/month u buy it the fan makes no noise, but as time passes it starts making more and more noise? Oo

Also i heard its not good to put the computer on the carpet, cuz its hard to get rid of heat, so i try to put a plastic floor thing undeanth it, but it doesn't seem to help.

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jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6639 Posts
March 08 2009 22:44 GMT
#2
I think that's pretty normal, no cause for alarm IMO.
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R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
March 08 2009 22:45 GMT
#3
Your CPU fan is probably full of dust, clean it out and all other fans while you're at it. Alternative version: you have some software running that is maxing out your CPU all the time. Check task manager.
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decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20137 Posts
March 08 2009 22:47 GMT
#4
open up the case and spray the fan with compressed air. i just did that with my laptop today ~~
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
March 08 2009 22:48 GMT
#5
On March 09 2009 07:47 decafchicken wrote:
open up the case and spray the fan with compressed air. i just did that with my laptop today ~~

If you do this, be sure to hold the actual fan. Compressed air can make the fan spin faster than it is designed to, damaging it.
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ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
March 08 2009 22:50 GMT
#6
It's probably just dust as R1CH said
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decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20137 Posts
March 08 2009 22:51 GMT
#7
On March 09 2009 07:48 R1CH wrote:
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On March 09 2009 07:47 decafchicken wrote:
open up the case and spray the fan with compressed air. i just did that with my laptop today ~~

If you do this, be sure to hold the actual fan. Compressed air can make the fan spin faster than it is designed to, damaging it.


whoops
I didn't spin it too much though.
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
March 08 2009 23:21 GMT
#8
oo, i think that is why... i'm worried cuz if the fan keeps turning so rapidly like that, its likely to wear out very fast...
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