Hi I was wondering why the fan keeps reving up for lack of a better word, it does this constantly when I play poker but not when I am just surfing maybe its suppose to do that, this is the first time had XP and it really drives me crazy do I have a problem with my computer everything else seems to work. thank you appreciate your help. suzyQ Much appreciated suzyQ

It is responding to CPU heat. The harder your CPU works the hotter it gets and the faster your fan spins. If you suspect there is something running in the background while playing your game then check in taskmanager to see what processes are working your CPU so hard Goin' Fishin' (Some day)

Are you sure it's a fan you are hearing? If you have a CD or DVD in a drive it can sound like a noisy fan, especially if it is not well balanced when it spins. If you have any CDs or DVDs in drives when you hear that noise, try removing them when you are not using them. Your mboard will spin any disk that is in a CD or DVD drive while booting, and Windows 95 and up will spin it when it first starts up, and Windows 95 and up will also spin it at seemingly random times as well while you are using the computer, even when you are NOT trying to access it, often without lighting up the led on the front of the drive. If that's not what is making the noise, is this a laptop, or a desktop or tower computer? - if it's a laptop, most laptops do not spin the fan at all inside of the base until it gets above a certain temp inside base. Make sure the openings that let the air in and out of the base are not being obstructed. It might help to prop up the base so that the air can get at the base bottom better. - if it's a desktop or tower computer, you may have a variable speed cpu fan, or much less likely a variable speed case fan, that spins faster when it gets above a certain temp inside the case, and it's louder when it spins faster. The only thing you can do about that is to get yourself fan that is known to be or states in it's specs that it's quieter (has a lesser DB rating for noise).

This is often a problem of dust accumulating inside the computer, mainly on the front panel and the back exaust fan. Somtimes it is also due to dust in the CPU. What I recomend is that you take off the side cover and front panel and use a good vacuum to suck out all the dust that is inside your computer. Also, try using speedfan to see what the temperature is inside the computer. It is at http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php. I'm not sure what the temperature it gets to when the fans "rev up" but anything under 40 degrees Celcius is good. Under 50 is Okay. Anything above that and you have a dust or temperature censor problem. William E C I AM WEC!!! http://iamwec.wordpress.com/ "If ast first you don't succeed, redefine success!" - Anonymous

Not wanting to cause any problems here, but absolutly never use a vaccuum cleaner near any electronics. Most especially inside a computer. The electrostatic charge that builds up can fry the sensitive components faster than you can turn the switch. Use a can of compressed air available at computer and office supply stores.

Thank you very much for your help all I opened the case and the fans were quite dusty so I cleaned them gently and used my hairdryer on cool to blow out the loose dust, I also downloaded a speedfan sorry william I couldn't get to that link you have on your post just thought I would let you know. It is a desktop computer and after I did all that my reading from speedfan were temp 1:35 C, Temp 2:34 C - Temp 3:-128 C and HDO: 38 C. The computer is really quiet now hard to believe what dust can do so all seems fine now again thank you I always appreciate the help I get here would be lost without you guys/gals. suzyQ Much appreciated suzyQ

A hair dryer might not be a good choice either. The safest thing to use is a can of compressed air.