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**TriggerFinger** · 03-25-2009, 01:50 PM

A failing fan may result in an overheating system. An overheating system may slow down or worse may shut off without warning. I cannot say if replacing it will solve the 'system is slow' problem but I am sure it is an obvious contributing factor.

I agree it could be your RAM too. You have to run Memtest86+ to know if it has some errors. IMO you should deal with the FAN first but then it's your choice.

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TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,826 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Humming A failing fan may result in an overheating system. An overheating system may slow down or worse may shut off without warning. I cannot say if replacing it will solve the 'system is slow' problem but I am sure it is an obvious contributing factor. I agree it could be your RAM too. You have to run Memtest86+ to know if it has some errors. IMO you should deal with the FAN first but then it's your choice. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE Last edited by TriggerFinger; 03-26-2009 at 08:15 PM.