Fan Blower runs continually very loud on Dell Dimension 4550

[Guest]

Fan runs as if possessed. CPU is not hot. Blowing cool air. Will spray
next week and remove all dust to see if that will remedy the situation. If I
shut down, the fan will stop but once booted, it goes non stop like a 747 off
a runway.

 

[Brian A]

Fan runs as if possessed. CPU is not hot. Blowing cool air. Will spray
next week and remove all dust to see if that will remedy the situation. If I
shut down, the fan will stop but once booted, it goes non stop like a 747 off
a runway.

If this is recent and it wasn't quiet before, 2 things:

If the fan is monitor controlled, check the BIOS to see if there's any setting for
fan speed. If there is see if there is a setting for the fan to run slow when the
monitored area is cool.

Check inside the box to make sure the fan hasn't loosened from the heatsink/cpu.

Otherwise if it was quiet before, get a new fan because that one is most likely on
it's way south.


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[Bill W]

With these cold winter months, make sure it's not sucking hot air from a
heater register. Now that I mention that, I think I'd better check too.