CPU fan works for a short time
Hello, after a break of a week from the computer I return and now my cpu fan is weird, it used to be noisy and now is just quiet and runs slow, sometimes even stops and has small slow starts,

in my bios it says cpu fan n/a but the fan works sometimes even for 1 hour

what could this be
(5 replies)
Created 2012-08-12 14:45 by: PedMar
check the wire to the mobo, also clear dust and shit
2012-08-12 14:48:23
^ = all you can do. If that doesn't work, buy a new fan. If you tell us your processor/socket, we can recommend you one.
2012-08-12 15:22:28
I tried another processor fan just to see if it recognizes it

and it still says n/a in my bios, my question is the fan works, its now working at its full speed and its been on for 5 mins, but then it starts to slow down, before this I removed it cleaned it and made sure the wires were good, lets see if that solves it, in the other cases it started to slow down after 30 mins to an hour of usage


my question remains in why the fan works for 30 mins and then starts to slow down
2012-08-12 16:31:02
Buy a new fan, Noctua's DH-14, best air cooler atm (even better than Corsair h100 watercooler at slow fan speed, and quiter)
2012-08-12 15:32:22
What's the temperature of your CPU @ ide/full ?
2012-08-12 23:21:43
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