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Fan Problem
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:13 am
by Kraq
Recently, my computer has been overheating
very fast. After about 5 minutes it turns off automatically. I have a household fan on it to keep it cool, but it isn't enough.
It idles at around 90 Celsius, until about 10 minutes ago it idled at 120 Celsius.
I got SpeedFan and saw my fans weren't on.
They are connected correctly and Precision says they are off also.
What do I do?
Re: Fan Problem
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:13 am
by M3K0S
buy a new one?
Re: Fan Problem
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:53 pm
by BlackFox898
Kraq wrote:until about 10 minutes ago it idled at 120 Celsius.
I got SpeedFan and saw my fans weren't on.
They are connected correctly and Precision says they are off also.
What do I do?
??? 120C, what core do you have!? the fail-safe is 100c then it shuts down automatically.
open your case and with one finger try very lightly to move your heatsink, if it's moving more then say hlf a cm then turn off your computer, unplug, and remount the fan. if that doesn't fix it well, i guess you need a new fan also.
EDIT: i also have speedfan but i dont a "CPU" displayed on mine, just the 2 cores.
Re: Fan Problem
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:01 am
by Kraq
BlackFox898 wrote:Kraq wrote:until about 10 minutes ago it idled at 120 Celsius.
I got SpeedFan and saw my fans weren't on.
They are connected correctly and Precision says they are off also.
What do I do?
??? 120C, what core do you have!? the fail-safe is 100c then it shuts down automatically.
open your case and with one finger try very lightly to move your heatsink, if it's moving more then say hlf a cm then turn off your computer, unplug, and remount the fan. if that doesn't fix it well, i guess you need a new fan also.
EDIT: i also have speedfan but i dont a "CPU" displayed on mine, just the 2 cores.
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3700+
For me it turns off at 140c
With 1 finger it takes a bit of strength, it stays put.
Re: Fan Problem
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:04 am
by BlackFox898
so its not moving? is there still thermal paste between the fan and the heatsink?
Re: Fan Problem
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:44 pm
by Kraq
BlackFox898 wrote:so its not moving? is there still thermal paste between the fan and the heatsink?
Nope not moving, and yeah there is thermal paste.
I refilled it like 3 days ago.
Thanks for the help, the problem seems to have gotten better. Idles at around 70C during the day and it doesn't over heat while playing a game.
Re: Fan Problem
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:46 pm
by BlackFox898
glad i could help
