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Fan/Cpu Problem??
Hi there,
I bought a brand new PC just over 2 and a half years ago. It was a custom build unit. When I received the PC I did notice that the fan seemed overly loud (louder than I have experienced in other pc's before, but I thought nothing of it as this was more powerful than any other pc I had ever bought before.
It is used purely for music production now and it is only after I have started to become a bit more knowledgable abou the technical side of PCs that I have realized that the fan spins at the same speed REGARDLESS of the CPU activity. I have used speedfan to reduce the fan speed (it seems that only one will respond) and this obviously makes a noticeable difference to noise. According to Speedfan the fan is running at 100% constantly which I guess is part of the problem.
Does this sound like a fault somewhere in the system? Im guessing it should speed up and slow down depending on rises in temperature but this does not seem to happen.
If someone could help me to firstly confirm my suspicions that there is a problem ( I dont know what would cause this) and secondly think of a solution I would be eternally greatful.
Ideally in the longrun I would like to replace whatever possible to reduce fan noise significantly (as I know the units I bought are cheap and shoddy, if anyone has any pointers that would be great too.
Many Thanks!
J
CPU SPEC
Win XP
Akasa AK960 Heatsink w Fan
2x Barracude Hard Drive
BLUE STORM 400W Power Supply
DVD-RW AND CD-RW (17339)
P5LD2 DELUXE (30389)PENTIUM D DUAL CORE 3.2GHZ
RADEON X300 128MB
RAM DDR2 2GB
SILVER 1
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