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Heatsink not working correctly
Name: mattie_me Date: March 31, 2007 at 12:58:40 Pacific OS: Vista CPU/Ram: Pentium 4/2GB Product: Self Built
Comment:
The current problem i am having is the CPU sometimes overheats when i got into the bios the heatsink is sometimes at 720RPM but b4 when i had a problem it was 200 and something RPM is there any reason for this? is a stronge PSU needed?
Name: jboy Date: March 31, 2007 at 14:22:32 Pacific
Reply:
The heatsink is a block of metal - - it's the heatsink fan that spins to whatever RPM
720 is very low (let alone 200!)- if that's accurate Instead of a 'stronge' PSU, try replacing the fan
What kind of temperatures are you observing? Do you have any temperature monitoring software installed, such as Speedfan?
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