Fan Problem

Kraq · Post by **Kraq** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:13 am

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?

M3K0S · Post by **M3K0S** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:13 am

buy a new one?

BlackFox898 · Post by **BlackFox898** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:53 pm

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.

Kraq · Post by **Kraq** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:01 am

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.

BlackFox898 · Post by **BlackFox898** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:04 am

so its not moving? is there still thermal paste between the fan and the heatsink?

Kraq · Post by **Kraq** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:44 pm

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.

BlackFox898 · Post by **BlackFox898** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:46 pm

glad i could help

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