Poll of the Day > My cpu fan suddenly started going full throttle. Help?

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Cpu isn't overly hot (like 20 C max when idle)

Should I reapply thermal paste? Is it because of the bios? Wtf

@Full_Throttle
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Someone hacked in :O
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Run a virus scan for bitcoin miners.
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funkyfritter posted...

Run a virus scan for bitcoin miners.

Except those put your GPU on blast, not your CPU.
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sounds like the TC's computer will take up smoking soon
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Funny thing is I can't even enter my freakin bios

Oh... you've fucked up hard.

I have no idea what, but that's real bad.
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shadowsword87 posted...

funkyfritter posted...

Run a virus scan for bitcoin miners.

Except those put your GPU on blast, not your CPU.

green dragon posted...

Cpu isn't overly hot (like 20 C max when idle)

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shadowsword87 posted...

Oh... you've fucked up hard.

I have no idea what, but that's real bad.

Nah, I changed usb ports and it worked to get me into the bios. I'm guessing the 3.0 ports don't work immediately or something

Well, everything looked fine. The cpu wasn't ever getting hot, it's just that the fan was being really loud.

I bought some thermal paste remover and will probably try to clean out the pc this next weekend. Last time a cleaned/dusted the pc was like 7 months ago, so dust shouldn't be an issue.

Don't think I did anything wrong the thermal paste the first time I installed it, so I'm not sure what the problem is.

You can probably just cover the vent with tape to drown out the noise
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shadowsword87 posted...

funkyfritter posted...

Run a virus scan for bitcoin miners.

Except those put your GPU on blast, not your CPU.

not true.

the one i got thrashed my CPU and didn't touch my GPU's

It's trying to attract a mate. Shoot your goo in there to placate it.
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Try posting your question on the pc board.
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Do what my grandma did and throw it out because after the fan starts because you just watched a novella where one womans computer exploded
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Well, my cpu, on average, is running a little hotter than before. Maybe a problem with heat build up. I'll check it out once my thermal paste remover gets here

thermal paste remover?

you mean isopropyl alcohol?

commonly referred to as rubbing alcohol?

Yeah I guess I can just use alcohol

Zangulus posted...

1) 20C is a fine temperature. Your system wont grt below ambient air temp.

Yeah, 20 is fine, and that's what it was when I checked it earlier. But after turning the pc on again, I checked it and it was at like 40c.

Zangulus posted...

2) 7 months is more than enough time for dust to build up in the fan.
3) 7 months is enough time for thermal paste to get used up and need replacement

True, so I'll probably clean it out today before the game starts

Zangulus posted...

What percentage of usage was your CPU at for 40C? Thats a good temp.

It was a lower percentage I don't exactly remember though. Less than 25 I think

The thing is that my cpu gets to about 45 max, even while playing my most demanding games.

This was 40c idle, which has never happened before, AND the fan was going bonkers. It has never spun that fast before, ever.

Tell it to stop posting clickbait from daily mail

Cleaned it out, put on new thermal paste.

Fan is still going ballistic . Even reset the bios back to its factory settings (don't even think I changed anything).

Cpu is hovering around 10-20 percent usage.

Temp is around 20-30 when idle.

Gonna try a fan speed control app. I wanna see what happens if I change the settings.

green dragon posted...

Gonna try a fan speed control app. I wanna see what happens if I change the settings.

Careful, turn it the wrong way and your entire desktop might fly across the room
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Did you know the fans turn the other way in the Southern hemisphere

Welp, I updated windows and so far the fan seems to be in check lol.

Unrelated question, but I kinda want to get a ssd. I want my OS on my ssd. Can I just do a clean install of windows to my ssd while keeping all of the files I have on the hdd?

Well, that was short lived. The fan went full blast again. I wonder if it's a problem with the mobo or if it's a problem with the fan itself.

Whatever it is, it's super frustrating

Partition your HDD, move your files to the partition, copy windows to the SSD, delete the HDD windows partition and expand your storage partition to fill the HDD.
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try a different fan header then

It started spewing out racially/ sexist charged drivel?

Well, I think I fixed it the other day. My heat sink may have gotten loose or something, so I tightened it.

Or maybe it was the fact that I reformatted my hard drive and did a clean install of windows.

As a side note, I finally got an ssd, which is one of the best decisions I've made in awhile. So much faster

Topic needs a poll asking if it's hot.
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