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Fan Question
Name: edhardie Date: July 18, 2005 at 02:48:30 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: 333MHZ 256RAM
Comment:
I have a crummy machine, and the fan is pretty much constantly spinning, however it's not always pumping out warm air. Is there any way to disable the fan to only use when it needs it? other than sticking a pencil in it?
Name: Dirty_Sanchez Date: July 18, 2005 at 04:47:49 Pacific
Reply:
sure you can unplug it if you want to kill your system, otherwise, leave it alone and let it run.
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Response Number 2
Name: josh (by jpag3074) Date: July 18, 2005 at 06:21:32 Pacific
Reply:
I can't beleive you stated that you stick a pencil in your FAN...WTF...the cooler your machine is the longer it will last
yup!
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Response Number 3
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: July 18, 2005 at 08:53:25 Pacific
Reply:
If it is your CPU fan, leave it the hell alone. If it is a case fan, you *could* erplace it with a variable fan. There are different types. The more features, the more expansive it will be. There are some that you can manually adjust the fan speed while there are some that will automatically adjust depending on the case temperature. Even with the automatic one's, if you do not set it up correctly you could run your system too hot and have potential hardware problems. I'd suggest you just replace the noisy fan with a quality (always run, non variable) fan that is built for quiet operation.
Michael J
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Response Number 4
Name: Rick McNabb Date: July 18, 2005 at 09:10:08 Pacific
Reply:
Actually this should be moved to the HARDWARE FORUM.
Rule #1 Good computers don't go down. Rule #2 There is no such thing as a good computer.
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Response Number 5
Name: flyhigh7777 Date: July 18, 2005 at 09:14:29 Pacific
Reply:
Don't touch the fan. If you stop CPU fan, system will probably shut down automaticaly, if you stop power supply fan, you may burn your house down. Take out all other fans and throw them away (exept the one on the video card if there is one).
tralalala
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Response Number 6
Name: blackbill Date: July 18, 2005 at 10:12:45 Pacific
Reply:
You can buy fans with internal thermostats that will turn on and off at a preset temperatures. They are used mostly in laptops for conserving power. They are however a little on the expensive side.
But I'm with the above posts... a cooler system is a better protected one... with a fan that runs full time.
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