Fan spinning FAST and LOUD

SuperSport · 07-21-2007, 08:06 PM

I have a Dell 2300 P4 1.8GB 384 RAM 128 nVidia Geforce 5200 and both fans on the back are quite loud. They blow out air quite fast, and there is zero dust on the inside. I also have a Dell 4600, (same case) p4 2.4GB 784RAM, and you cant even hear it running. Can anyone tell me what is going on here? How can I see the temps for the CPU, and why would i be overheating if i AM running hot. Any Ideas???

**twajetmech** · 07-21-2007, 11:07 PM

You can google for speedfan or PCWizard and use them to see what your temps are or check them in the bios. Once you verify that it is in fact overheating then it could mean that you need to redo the thermal paste on the cpu and/or gpu since you state that dust is not an issue. It could also be that when dell changed from the 2300 to the 4600, even though they used the same case, they may have changed the fans, thus one has hi rpm loud fans while the other has slower moving quieter fans

**magnethead** · 07-24-2007, 06:54 PM

dell locks out all motherboard sensors from monitors. However, it's possible the fans are indeed different models.

07-21-2007, 08:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
SuperSport Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 26 OS: XP, ME	Fan spinning FAST and LOUD I have a Dell 2300 P4 1.8GB 384 RAM 128 nVidia Geforce 5200 and both fans on the back are quite loud. They blow out air quite fast, and there is zero dust on the inside. I also have a Dell 4600, (same case) p4 2.4GB 784RAM, and you cant even hear it running. Can anyone tell me what is going on here? How can I see the temps for the CPU, and why would i be overheating if i AM running hot. Any Ideas???

07-21-2007, 11:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
twajetmech I helped the forums. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: LGA, NYC Posts: 2,388 OS: XP-Pro Sp2 & XP-Pro Sp2 Tablet Edition, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Fan spinning FAST and LOUD You can google for speedfan or PCWizard and use them to see what your temps are or check them in the bios. Once you verify that it is in fact overheating then it could mean that you need to redo the thermal paste on the cpu and/or gpu since you state that dust is not an issue. It could also be that when dell changed from the 2300 to the 4600, even though they used the same case, they may have changed the fans, thus one has hi rpm loud fans while the other has slower moving quieter fans __________________ PSU Selection/Info // Bench test // Thermal Paste // Memory Selection // Bios Beep Codes // CPU-Z// Posting System Specs

07-24-2007, 06:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Fan spinning FAST and LOUD dell locks out all motherboard sensors from monitors. However, it's possible the fans are indeed different models. __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System