Computer fan constantly running.......How to get it to stop?

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

Sometime during the past week my computer fan was started constantly running 24/7. The fan used to cut on and off every 15 minutes or so..Now it runs ALL THE TIME, LOUD.

Any ideas what caused this? Any way to fix it?

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[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

laptop fan I'm guessing?

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Buy one of those can dusters and blow out the area with the fan. Your laptop is running hot which kicks the fan on.

ANd maybe invest in one of those laptop cooler thingies.

 

[Vhanfinnel]

the whole point of the fan is to be running constantly, how fast it moves depends on how hot your computer is, make sure that there isn't anything restricting airflow and it might be fine

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

Its a desktop.

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

yeah ive had the same problem with my desktop as well..

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

time to clean out the dust or use a program like speedfan to control it

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

It is quite dusty...I just blew on the back and got choked up on dust..I guess I'll try and take it apart and clean out all the dust tonight.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

get a 2" paint brush. like the cheap $1 ones they sell at home depot.

take the computer outside, and remove the case side panek, just brush off the dust that is caked in around the heat sink and all around the computer.

cans of duster are bullshit and are a big waste of money unless if you're huffing the stuff.

use a brush, you will get much better results and it won't cause any damage.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

I just use my air compressor from the shop with one of those blower nozzles.

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

all of my fans spin constantly

 

[xX J Brutal Xx 10+ year member]

it doesnt happen to be a DELL XPS 200?

 

[AVSTANG02]

Unplug it.. it's not cooling anything atm anyways..

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

I see bum *** Chase. DO NOT LISTEN TO THAT DOUCHE.

 

[chase007 10+ year member]

I just use my air compressor from the shop with one of those blower nozzles.

If its a stock Heatsink you can reapply the TIM(Thermal paste with some better stuff) I also have a Zalman 9700 Heatsink if your interested in just replacing it. You can go into your Bios and set the fan rpm speed up after a certain temp, You can raise it 10C so it won't turn on.

All of this asuming your talking about the Cpu fan right??

TurdFergueson2

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