Questions tagged [fan]
Fans are the primary cooling devices used in most types of computers and are typically installed in the case and in the power supply of desktop machines and are also often installed directly on the CPU or GPU.
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All fans in PC run except one case fan, PC turns on and off in a loop
I have 3 case fans, 2 of which are connected to the psu while the third is connected to the CPU_FAN on the motherboard. All of the fans plus CPU and GPU fans run fine except for the third case fan. ...
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My PC is bootlooping, please give me advice [closed]
I have been using this PC for over 2 years without a problem, but it suddenly started to bootloop today. It runs for about 6-7 seconds before turning off and turning on a second later, repeating the ...
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What are the fan dimensions for EATON 5E 2000I USB UPS 2000VA/1200W
I would like to replace the fan because it's too noisy but I'm not sure what the dimensions are. It looks like a 50mm fan and I'm trying to find an accurate datasheet for the UPS or a service manual ...
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CPU fan makes strong noise when opening directories, small programs (like web browser) and when taking the computer out of sleep mode
I have a desktop PC with the CPU Intel I7-12700F, the CPU fan Zalman CNPS10X extreme, and Windows 11.
In general the CPU fan is quiet and I don't hear it, but in these occasions I do hear strong noise:...
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Are Nettops silent (fanless)?
As Nettops are close, non-modular products, image evidence is lacking and from a bit of reading I got unclear data. Some models are clearly described as "fanless" but I can't generalize for ...
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High fan speed when touching the left underside of my laptop
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When i touch the left underside of the laptop the fan speed goes up drastically
Other than in this situation, the fans almost never spin up (unless i run something like a 3d game or do heavy ...
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What happens if I used this internal fan with broken blade?
This is the fan of HP 15-da1xxx laptop with broken blade, what happens if I continue using it? P.S:The fan was already making cracking noise and car engine sound before the breakage of the blade, it ...
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How to sync AIO cooler to fan to motherboard
I am pretty new to hardware and I’m currently trying to connect my AIO cooler with my other fans to the motherboard but unfortunately when I tried to change the RGB color, the fans and the cooler are ...
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CPU running at 100 degrees is my CPU overclocked?
I bought a pre-built PC a couple of months ago. It's working well, but the fans can get very loud. Because of this, I thought I'd check the temperature using the Predator Sense bloat ware that came ...
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Cpu cooling fan turns on but turns off after 2 or 3 seconds
This happened after i turned on secure boot to run valorant but after enabling it required to actually like restart the pc after the pc turned off for being restarted it got stuck in a loop where the ...
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What may cause a high fan speed at the system startup?
Previously I had a Samsung 128GB NVME SSD in my laptop. I installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on it and everything was great. Then I decided to upgrade to a larger drive, a Kingston Technology 2TB PCIe 4.0 ...
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HP Laptop Fan bursts and then stops, trying to start but immediately puffing to an end
I have a hp pavillion dv6-7063sa bought in 2012 running windows 10 professional, so quite old now but running on an SSD so I get by.
I've recently had an issue where the fan spins to max speed after a ...
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replaced bot laptop fans but will not post
Tried replacing my laptop fans (both cpu and gpu), after install laptop wont POST.
troubleshooting done:
removed battery
reset CMOS
reseat fans
all done with both new fans installed and each fans ...
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Can I replace the larger fan in My Zotac NEN Steam Machine (ZBOX SN970)?
Context: I used to build/upgrade my own desktop computers, so I'm fairly comfortable inside a case, but haven't worked in a pre-built "mini" computer before.
I have an old Zotac NEN Steam ...
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Fan Issue with Linux Fedora 37
I am using Fedora 37 and used it like normal. But today the fan was crazy like it goes Very Fast with weird sound.. then it return silently.
I heard it after waking up while i left my laptop ...
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Can't import opvn file & fan Issue
I am using Fedora 37 and it was succesful installation no errors at all but all of the sudden.
I hear my laptop making weird fan noises like it goes so fast then it return like normal. I don't see any ...
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How to overcome "System fan (90B)" error during startup on HP 240 G8
About a half year ago we bought dozen laptops HP 240 G8. Recently 3 of them, sometimes, started to show "System fan (90B)" error during startup. If i choose boot, the fan spins with full ...
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HP Zbook Windows 10. Fan runs on high speed when powered off. Unable to access BIOS. Tried F keys and boot to UEFI
Computer given as a Christmas present 5 days ago. Won't enter BIOS to access fan settings. Have tried all of the F keys and Esc key. Have gone to Recovery and told it to restart at UEFI Firmware ...
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The Victus of the Cold [duplicate]
There once was a student who wanted to bring their laptop to school. This laptop was the Victus HP with slightly exposed innards (fans in vent on bottom). But soon, he ran into a problem. It is 30ish ...
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AcePC AK2 power fan without fan connector
I have a ACEPC AK2 small computer and the fan works, but the terminal to the motherboard is destroyed.
The entire terminal ripped of taking some of the pcb with it.
Is there any where on the board ...
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Fans speeding up to max at regular intervals, leading to forced shutdowns
This is happening on a plugged in laptop, I know it's the fans because I have an SSD, at regular intervals the fan will go full throttle for like 15 seconds and then the system shuts down. I've ran ...
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How to set PROCHOT to 100°C on Dell G15?
In the Alienware Command Center program I have multiple thermal profiles that I can choose from. They are:
Quiet
Cool
Balanced
Performance
The PROCHOT value is different across these profiles. With &...
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EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Fan Controls Malfunctioning (Precision X1)
I was looking for some help regarding my GTX 1080 Ti's software fan controls. Using EVGA Precision X1, I normally only get 1 or 2 fan sliders. I have the EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3, three fan model.
First, ...
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What happens before and after the first and last fan curve control points in MSI Click Bios's fan speed control UI?
The BIOS for my new motherboard has an advance feature where you can set fan speed thresholds, so the fan will go faster if the CPU is hot and slower when it's not. This is neat, and I basically ...
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Asus BIOS resets to default configuration when the PC is rather cold
Since a few days (it's getting colder here) I have an annoying problem:
When I power on my PC, it starts for a few seconds, then powers off to reboot with a verbose message screen saying "CPU Fan ...
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geforce 3050 RTX eagle 8g fan always at full speed
I just upgraded my wifes computer GPU. Installed the latest driver and the fan seems to be always at full speed. GPU-z does not see the fan speed and gives me 0 RPM. I downgraded driver by 1 version ...
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MacBook Pro fans loudly when disk is being used
My MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) fans extremely loudly when a large amount of disk operations are happening (such as downloading something). Although the computer is usually hot near the top ...
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Computer cpu usage drops to 0-5% seemingly randomly along with fan speed, causing apps and games to freeze and sometimes crash
technical difficulties here, from my recent searches i thing this is the appropriate place to look for help?. Computer CPU randomly drops to 0% along with the fan suddenly slowing down and going back ...
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Computer fails to boot - CPU Fan starts and stops with flashing yellow/red lights
Video of cpu fan
Moved houses recently to an old house. Tried plugging in my PC and turning it on (video above) and it won't boot. No boot screen at all. I tried removing the gpu, SSD, and tried ...
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Win 10 laptop momentarily freezes, fans stop, and then resumes normally
I have a Dell Alienware 17 Laptop and it operates well, exept I've noticed over the last several days it will momentarily (about for about 1 second) randomly freeze and then resume total normal ...
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Recommended 4-pin fan header troubleshooting steps?
What troubleshooting steps are recommended to find out why a 4-pin PWM fan motherboard header does not constantly power any of multiple fans that I've tried?
I have a motherboard with two 4-pin PWM ...
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How to max out dell laptop internal fans without Alienware Command Center?
On my Dell G15 5511 SE laptop, the main operating system is Windows 11 but quite recently I decided to make a small partition to install Windows 10 on it and make a comparison of performance in terms ...
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Enhancing the cooling system of my PC
I have an RTX 3090 , aorus b550 master , AMD Ryzen 5800X and nzxt h510. I am looking to improve the cooling system through adding two Fan cases in the in front position of the case. I am planning to ...
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Strange computer startup
I have an HP G1 800 (i5 4670) tower system. It got it's capacitors burnt so I took it to a repair shop and replaced it's motherboard.
Now here is the main issue:
Whenever I turn the computer on after ...
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Different 3-pin fan header, what type is it?
I'm looking to replace a noisy 80mm fan in a media recording device. Unfortunately, it has a non-standard 3-pin fan header, and I can't figure out what type it is. Maybe it's proprietary, I can't find ...
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What would cause my desktop system fans to run at 100% during sleep?
I have a Dell XPS 8940, running Windows 11. Everything is up to date regarding drivers, etc. Whenever my computer goes into sleep mode, or I manually activate sleep, the cooling fans for the ...
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PC overheating at very low CPU usage
My PC has started overheating really quickly while seemingly maintaining low CPU usage. In idle it usually sits around 50-60°C and maintains a temperature around 70-80°C while doing simple things. ...
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How to use this software to turn off my laptop fans?
I have a a Clevo NP70PNH laptop that has no way to set the fans below 30% even when the cpu is at 40ºc
I found this software that appears to allow for disabling the fans completely http://rweverything....
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How to set fans to 0% on Clevo NP70PNH laptop
I am using Windows 10 on a Clevo NP70PNH laptop and Clevo center fan speed settings custom minimum speed is 30%. I want to sleep with my computer on, and 30% of the fan noise is too loud for me.
I am ...
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Loud fans with only mild usage of Dell XPS15 9500
I have a Dell XPS15 9500 machine, which is one year old at this point.
When I turn it on, after about 5 minutes of mild browsing, the fans crank up to full power and the bottom of the machine can get ...
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Laptop fan turns on and off in 2-5 second intervals when screen is off
I have an Acer A315-21-958V and whenever the screen is off (NOT when laptop is asleep, just when the screen is off/black) the fan constantly turns on and off. Powers on for few seconds then off for ...
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How to be certain my motherboard is dead
After searching, I haven't found a question matching my scenario, which is: Connected new power supply (old one started making a very strange sound and I assumed it was dying or dead); hit power-on ...
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Is there a way to Manually Control Fan Speed for my HP Pavilion Gaming 15 ec2xxx?
I've a HP Pavilion Gaming 15 ec2xxx with an AMD Ryzen 5600H and a GTX 1650 GDDR6.
I'd like to manually control my fan speed but I can't find anything working.
I tried with Notebookfancontroller but ...
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My PC is making a weird clicking noise
Today I cleaned my PC and after that I recognized a weird clicking/ticking noise. It's not really loud and it seems to come from the area around my GPU. It sounds like a fan slightly hitting something,...
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Is whining noise on PC from HDD or fan?
I regularly get a high speed whine on my desktop Windows PC.
It sort of ramps up from quiet to loud. It sounds like like a spinning object speeding up.
I've read it could be the HDD or the Fan.
How ...
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CPU-core temperature rising quickly since switching to Linux
Ever since switching to Linux from windows my fans have been going faster overall, especially when using a lot of RAM. I changed fan-settings and now it seems like my CPU-core temperature rises ...
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How to fit a BeQuite Silent Wing 3 FAN to my HP Proliant N40L?
I want to replace the case FAN of my HP Proliant N40L Server with a Silent Wings 3 120mm PWM, however I can not fit it on the motherboard socket for the fan.
Unfortunately I could not find any manual ...
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Noise from laptop
I hope everybody is doing well. I have had this noise from my computer every `0 - 20 minutes for 2 days. it happened 1 time 1 month ago and sometimes it stops when I tap on the cooling fan side. Here'...
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hostapd on Raspberry Pi 4 only starts when fan is connected [closed]
I run Kali on a Raspberry Pi 4 8gb. I run hostapd and dnsmasq on boot to start an access point. This works if the small fan is connected to the Raspberry Pi. But if I reboot with the fan disconnected ...
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Motherboard ASRock trouble coolers speed
I own an ASRock H470M-ITX/ac motherboard and am having trouble with it. In the aida64 program, I did a stress test on computer systems and found that my computer thinks that the coolers in the ...
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