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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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I have to clean my laptop fans every 1 to 2 days [duplicate]

I have a gaming laptop, to be specific its a acer nitro 5. Every one to two day's I have to open it, clean it, and sometimes i put some WD 40 to make it less noisy. Sometimes the fan blades start to ...
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My Xeon e5 1620 0 @3.6 is overheating

I recently bought an RTX 2060, and I installed an MSI afterburner. I noticed that my CPU heat which is XEON E5-1620 0 3.60, is overheating reaching 97 max. I noticed also that the fan is only on ...
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Gigabyte 2070 super loud sound

I recently bought my first gaming desktop (i used to use laptop), my GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER WINDFORCE OC 3X 8 Go fans are very loud. In idle or little game like League of Legends, there is ...
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My laptop fan doesn't achieve full speed as it needs to be and shuts down from heat(?) while gaming. I am suspicious about OS fan throttling

I have a Samsung laptop which is around 7 yrs old. I have a dual boot (legacy) of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04. While I am using memtest64 (It is located before the boot), laptop fan can get its full ...
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Can I run my CPU at 100% usage for a long time?

I have a Dell XPS 15 9570, 32 GB ram, 2.2 ghz and 6 cores. When i use an application (The parsim command on MATLAB) (for more details) then my fan starts running fast , during this my PC doesn't seem ...
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Disable laptop fan completely

Laptop model: Clevo p950 hp6 System: windows 10 I need to disable one of the three laptop fans for a certain reason. I know Embedded Controller manages fans and Has registers that can be possibly ...
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Does the RPM of case fans make a big cooling difference?

Does the RPM of case fans make a big cooling difference? Thinking whether to get 3000 RPM fans for the case (not only for the CPU cooler). Noise is not a very big consideration, but if the difference ...
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Buzzing and eventually loud cracking noises from the inside of the laptop (recording available), but the fans are checked and in excellent condition

I hope I'm asking this in the right place, if not, feel free to brutally get rid of both me and my post, I'm just desperate at this point. I own an Acer Aspire vn7-792g, I've had it for a few years. ...
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GPU not recognized anymore

BIG EDIT 2: Ok so after more fiddling around I replaced the RTX 2080 with a GTX 760. Sometimes the MB beeps sometimes it doesn't, but now, when it doesn't I actually get a video feed and an error ...
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Laptop running at max speed when idling? But the fan works fine during gaming

I have an Asus ROG laptop, I have this issue for a while now, thinking it was a problem windows update. But I did not create a restore point so I couldn't restore. As the title has suggested, the ...
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Is this normal? CPU temperature at under 60C but fans running extremely high?

I'm running Bootcamp on a MacBook Pro16" with the highest-end CPU/GPU, and I'm finding it runs the fans up a lot; maybe it's also running extremely hot, but under 60C doesn't sound too bad. This ...
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Computer not powering on, only short PSU fan spin and short GPU LEDs powering on

I've replaced my CPU fan on my desktop PC yesterday and got it to a point where it was working fine afterwards. Now I have just moved the desktop from the floor back to its location and it won't power ...
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2 x 2080TI GPU cards next to each other

I have two GPUs next to each other, they are 2080TIs which are VERY thick, each is double the width of a regular card (take up two slots each). Problem is there is basically no space between them, ...
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How to measure/interpret temperature of computer and what should it be at?

I have installed SpeedFan but don't fully understand how to use it. Here is a read out of what I get... I'm guessing the fire icon means the unit is too hot? It's unfortunate the CPU heat sink was ...
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Immense noise from fan and disk and 1962 error on a Lenovo ThinkCentre desktop

I was getting a 1962 error from few days on my ThinkCentre desktop. I ran a 14-hour disk check. There was not a single bad sector found. But some how I can boot in many attempts. I also installed to ...
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PC shutdowns due to slow CPU fan?

I am stuck in a weird problem. The CPU fan just works fine when I start my PC. But after sometime maybe half an hour the CPU fan runs extremely slow like for example it goes from (RPM 5000 to 150). ...
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Fan and power lights remain turned on after shutting down PC

When I shut down my computer, the screen goes black as normal, but the power light remains turned on, and the fan doesn't stop. If I hold down the power button for 4 seconds, it turns off, but I ...
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Uncontrollable CPU Fan in Ubuntu and UEFI firmware

The speed of my CPU fan it's out of control, going to the fastest speed and lowest without any reason. I have tried the following without success: Changing fan speed in UEFI settings and setting ...
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Why does fan speed increase when connecting to wifi?

I have noticed that whenever my laptop is connecting to a wifi connection, fan speed momentarily increases. After I enter the wifi password and the computer connects successfully, the fan speed ...
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Fans go to max without CPU stress in Arch Linux

My fans run very fast sometimes when I play media in Firefox (music, videos, video streams); sometimes even a notification sound from social media sites is enough. It does not always happen but it ...
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How to set fan profiles in a Gigabyte G291 server?

I have a server (Gigabyte G291-281), and I'd like to change the fan profile to make the fans work in a constant speed instead of throttling back and forth between low and high speeds. When I access ...
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GPU's fan starts spinning then restart every few second or so

I own a Nvidia GTX 960 mini. The GPU is working as expected but the fan is doing a strange thing. Every few seconds or so, the fan runs then restart. Start. Stop. Start. Stop. Looping constantly. Here ...
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How to decrease the RPM of laptop FAN

I've got an Asus Laptop, in idle mode the fan reach 2300 - 2600 RPM and makes an annoying noise, I did not run any program or game to make the fan runs all that way. I thought the issue was the ...
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Fan runs at 100% [Linux & Windows]

I've got an Asus Laptop X550JK, for some reason, when I try to install programs or updates, I notice the Fan runs at 100% (2800 RPM) and makes noise. with sensors command, I get this in IDLE mode (no ...
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CPU overheating?

I have a Dell 5820 running Ubuntu Server 18.04 with SGE installed. I have a queue set up for 20 slots which I fill with 20 jobs running at the same time. % CPU goes up to about 70% and I have 128GB so ...
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Can you add a fan control unit to a system with no fan control?

Background: I have a new-to-me NAS. The chassis fan is exceedingly loud for the room it is in and is always at full speed. The motherboard chassis fan (CHAFAN1) socket has three pins. The plug that ...
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Optimizing airflow with rear fan in a watercooled system

So I've got a straightforward build: two fans drawing in air from the front, two fans exhausting air through a radiator on the top, and a spare fan I'm considering mounting in the rear of the unit. ...
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What could cause a PC to wake up with blank screen, fan at full speed?

I have an HTPC build which uses the MSI G41TM-E43 motherboard with an Intel C2Q processor with 4GB RAM. https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/G41TME43#down-manual About a week ago, I noticed the ...
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How to reset BIOS F.60 on HP Laptop 15-bs111ur?

A couple of months ago I updated BIOS of my HP Laptop 15-bs111ur on F.60. I am sure that I downloaded F.60 from the official website. Around the same time, after BIOS upgrading I started to hear loud ...
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Can I use a 3-pin to 4-pin extension and be able to control the speed?

I have a case fans thats 3-pin if i add a PWM 4-pin extension cable to the 3-pin fans so that I can plug the 4-pin into my motherboard. Would I be able to control the RPM/Speed of the fans if I do it ...
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CPU Temperature suddenly to high

After I came back from holiday (computer was off for a few days). I startet my computer and run into this error message during boot: Photo of the error message during boot: Photo of BIOS information:...
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After upgrading to Ubuntu 19.04 proccessor fan always on

I recenlty upgraded to Ubuntu 19.04, before the upgrade the fan speeds were normal and rarely got loud. After the upgrade the fan is always on. I searched for a fix and found out that sensors ouputs ...
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How to set a limit to the fans speed?

I have a laptop and it makes a lot of sound when there are many programs open. When I am in class this is very annoying. Is there a way I can set a limit to the fan's speed(CPU and GPU) and thus set ...
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Dell latitude 5590 fan noise and battery issue [closed]

I just bought a 'Like New' Dell Latitude 5590 laptop. I ran an initial diagnostics when I bought it, and everything seemed good. After a full battery charging, I realize that the battery can't last ...
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Mac 600% CPU usage by java & heavy I/O use from deleted app

After downloading "MCreator" to start into coding again, I ran into heavy problems. A process called "java" is using 600% CPU constantly, fans are running at max. Please see the screenshots below: ...
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Is Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) a measure of life expectancy?

Does anyone know if MTBF (Meantime Between Failures) can be used to determine when a piece of computer hardware (CPU cooler, power supply, case fans, etc) will fail, thus requiring replacement? Or is ...
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I get CPU Fan Error when I turn on PC for the first time in the morning, then it works after restart

I got custom built PC one year ago and I only got CPU Fan Error when I first plugged it in or when there was a power outage, otherwise it booted normally. After one year I reinstalled Windows on my ...
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How exactly will the lifespan of my laptop computer decrease if I chose to remove the fan, for silence? [closed]

I would like to know what will happen in terms of negative effects if I remove the fan from my ULV-CPU (intel core i7-5600U) powered Thinkpad Laptop (T450s) which is running under ubuntu linux at the ...
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Should I be concerned about yellow blotches on thermal paste of Ryzen 2700 stock wraith CPU cooler?

I'm new to PC building and am building my first system. I chose to simplify things as much as possible and chose the Ryzen 2700 with an included wraith cooler with pre-applied thermal paste. This ...
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Severe thermal throttling unsure what the cause is

So awhile back I swapped out my hard drive and ram in my laptop and immediatly after I noticed my pc was running insanely slow after a lot of troubleshooting I found that prochot was throttling my cpu ...
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Dell PowerEdge T310 Fan Noise Reduction

I'm working with a Dell PowerEdge T310 that's terribly loud. Unfortunately I'm in a situation where I need to install it into an office with people working. According to this thread it seems as though ...
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Laptop fan stops working whenever I move the laptop

Ok so I'm not sure if this question exactly belongs here but I guess it does causes it's hardware related. So my laptop fan runs normally whenever it is idle, but whenever I move it, the fans stops ...
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What might cause a laptop's fans to run at full speed intermittently that is not heat or dust?

I have an Asus laptop that, when I first power it on, the fans gradually ramp up to maximum speed and then stay there until it is shut down. If the laptop is shut down and then immediately powered ...
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Is there any difference between the Dell Inspiron 5447 and the Dell Inspiron 5457 cooler?

I have a Dell Inspiron 5457 notebook and its cooler started to make a loud noise. I have tried to clean the fan, but the noise continued the same. As I didn't manage to fix the cooler I will have to ...
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How long will 3 HDD's last without a fan? [closed]

I have a Drobo 5N NAS with 3 x 1 TB HDD's (2 x SATA 5400 RPM + 1 x SATA 7200 RPM), and I just replaced its fan but was stupid enough not to test it before reassembling. When I turned on the NAS, the ...
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Can I control fan speeds on my laptop?

I'm using Arch Linux on a HP Pavillion 15-bc001nq and I installed nbfc (NoteBook Fan Control) as shown here (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fan_speed_control) but I can't find a good ...
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Pavilion 15-cb060sa not booting after RAM upgrade

I ordered 8gb of new ddr4 to add to my laptop as it said in the manual it was capable of 16gb. It arrived today and i took apart my laptop, done some maintenance (blew dust out of fans, new thermal ...
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Limit %CPU usage to lower MacBook heat

After trying to fix some weird sounds coming from the left fan in my 2015 Macbook Pro, I've accidentally destroyed the fan—only the right one works now. I'm now worried that if I use the Macbook at ...
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Will I benefit from adding top fans to this PC, and if so how should I configure them? [closed]

My PC has only the basic 2 front intake fans and 1 rear exhaust fan. There are space for 2 more at the top and I'm considering whether it's worth installing more fans when I upgrade to some hotter ...
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i7-7700HQ: What temperatures are fully safe to operate in the long run?

According to the public spec sheet, the maximum temperature the CPU can be and be guaranteed to stay working is 100ºC. I want to save some more on battery when doing some light work on my PC by ...
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