Video Card Fan spinning up

trunksbomb · 11-25-2008, 06:27 PM

I'm new here.. as you can see. :)

Well I've had this problem on my desktop for a while, and just recently on my laptop.

On both, after a bit, the fans fire up really fast in spikes, then calm back down. Usually they are in spurts of a few at a time, and not for more than a second or two for each spike. It happens when I start something more graphic intensive than usual.. such as TES: Morrowind or Runescape in high detail. The desktop is a Compaq Presario SR1936x with XP service pack 3. I've had it the longest. The laptop is a HP dv9720us. Both are completely stock..

I just took the heat sink and fan off the desktop and they were super dusty, which I thought was the root of my problems.. however, cleaning it only seems to have helped slightly.

What would be your remedy?

**magnethead** · 11-25-2008, 06:36 PM

You removed the heatsink and fan? Did you relace the thermal paste?

What are your temperature readings off both computers? Right now i'm pulling 31°C on desktop, and my DV9000 series laptop usually runs in the 35-50°C range, depending how much i'm covering the vent and how hard i'm working it. It's in the 50's on high performance, open air, running edrawings and what not

trunksbomb · 11-25-2008, 06:54 PM

I just downloaded and installed SpeedFan 4.37.. upon opening it, the readings on the first screen show CPU at -128C, Ambient at 34C, Remote at 46C, HD0 at 34C, and Temp1 at 40C.

Fan 1 is running around 1630 RPM, and fan 2 is around 1249 RPM.

CPU usage is ~2-5%.

That is all idling.

While running Runescape in HD:

CPU: -128C
Ambient: 33C
Remote: 72C
HD0: 34C
Temp1: 40C

Fan 1 is 2700 RPM, Fan 2 is 2000 RPM. Fan 1 peaks at over 4000 RPM, and Fan 2 peaks around 2500 RPM.

CPU usage peaks around 50-60%, but I think that's Firefox.. it usually uses up a lot of CPU and RAM I think.

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The paste looked pretty dried up to me when I pulled it off.

**magnethead** · 11-25-2008, 06:57 PM

I'm not liking that remote temperature.

Again, did you remove and replace the thermal paste?

If you didn't, i would. If you did...I hope those are laptop readings.

trunksbomb · 11-25-2008, 06:59 PM

I don't have any spare thermal paste lying around.. Those are readings off my desktop without replacing thermal paste... but as I said, the thermal paste didn't seem to.. pasty when I pulled off the heat sink. It was similar to the remnants of a pulled-off sticker.

trunksbomb · 11-25-2008, 10:24 PM

Will thermal paste fix my problem? Or do you think it is something else?

**magnethead** · 11-26-2008, 09:59 AM

YES.

Arctic silver. Radioshack- $10

or online for less (+- shipping)

dai · 11-26-2008, 11:04 AM

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm

11-25-2008, 06:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
trunksbomb Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP SP 3, Vista	Video Card Fan spinning up I'm new here.. as you can see. :) Well I've had this problem on my desktop for a while, and just recently on my laptop. On both, after a bit, the fans fire up really fast in spikes, then calm back down. Usually they are in spurts of a few at a time, and not for more than a second or two for each spike. It happens when I start something more graphic intensive than usual.. such as TES: Morrowind or Runescape in high detail. The desktop is a Compaq Presario SR1936x with XP service pack 3. I've had it the longest. The laptop is a HP dv9720us. Both are completely stock.. I just took the heat sink and fan off the desktop and they were super dusty, which I thought was the root of my problems.. however, cleaning it only seems to have helped slightly. What would be your remedy?

11-25-2008, 06:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Video Card Fan spinning up You removed the heatsink and fan? Did you relace the thermal paste? What are your temperature readings off both computers? Right now i'm pulling 31°C on desktop, and my DV9000 series laptop usually runs in the 35-50°C range, depending how much i'm covering the vent and how hard i'm working it. It's in the 50's on high performance, open air, running edrawings and what not __________________ 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

11-25-2008, 06:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
trunksbomb Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP SP 3, Vista	Re: Video Card Fan spinning up I just downloaded and installed SpeedFan 4.37.. upon opening it, the readings on the first screen show CPU at -128C, Ambient at 34C, Remote at 46C, HD0 at 34C, and Temp1 at 40C. Fan 1 is running around 1630 RPM, and fan 2 is around 1249 RPM. CPU usage is ~2-5%. That is all idling. While running Runescape in HD: CPU: -128C Ambient: 33C Remote: 72C HD0: 34C Temp1: 40C Fan 1 is 2700 RPM, Fan 2 is 2000 RPM. Fan 1 peaks at over 4000 RPM, and Fan 2 peaks around 2500 RPM. CPU usage peaks around 50-60%, but I think that's Firefox.. it usually uses up a lot of CPU and RAM I think. ~~ The paste looked pretty dried up to me when I pulled it off.

11-25-2008, 06:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Video Card Fan spinning up I'm not liking that remote temperature. Again, did you remove and replace the thermal paste? If you didn't, i would. If you did...I hope those are laptop readings. __________________ 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

11-25-2008, 06:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
trunksbomb Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP SP 3, Vista	Re: Video Card Fan spinning up I don't have any spare thermal paste lying around.. Those are readings off my desktop without replacing thermal paste... but as I said, the thermal paste didn't seem to.. pasty when I pulled off the heat sink. It was similar to the remnants of a pulled-off sticker.

11-25-2008, 10:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
trunksbomb Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5 OS: XP SP 3, Vista	Re: Video Card Fan spinning up Will thermal paste fix my problem? Or do you think it is something else?

11-26-2008, 09:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Video Card Fan spinning up YES. Arctic silver. Radioshack- $10 or online for less (+- shipping) __________________ 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

11-26-2008, 11:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,569 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Video Card Fan spinning up http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm __________________