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chronomaster BBP Gardevoir  Posts: 1,812 Joined: Jun 2008 |
11-02-2009, 12:28 AM
I'm having quite the strange, prolonged problem. Before applying this obscure, ambiguous ritual every time after moving my case, my PC has a bit of an issue with revving its fans hard and shutting down a few seconds afterwards. I've never been able to figure it out, and have reset just about every part of the machine over and over again with limited success. Thoughts?
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HeK Rotartsinimda   Posts: 4,183 Joined: Jun 2015 |
11-07-2009, 01:47 PM
Go into your BIOS, disable 'smart-fan' or adaptive cooling, or anything that looks like it will ramp you fan speed in relation to your CPU activity.
Luin's old desktop used to do that, it was annoying. |
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chronomaster BBP Gardevoir Posts: 1,812 Joined: Jun 2008 |
11-10-2009, 12:35 AM
(11-07-2009, 01:47 PM)HeK link Wrote: Go into your BIOS, disable 'smart-fan' or adaptive cooling, or anything that looks like it will ramp you fan speed in relation to your CPU activity.And this will fix the CRASHING problem, correct?
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at0m Official Con Soccer Mom  Posts: 7,800 Joined: Jun 2008 |
11-10-2009, 03:29 PM
(11-10-2009, 12:35 AM)Chronomaster link Wrote: [quote author=HeK link=topic=3815.msg121568#msg121568 date=1257619677]And this will fix the CRASHING problem, correct? [/quote]If the CRASHING problem is due to overheat, then yes it should. Otherwise, the two are unrelated.  "If you want to be a Double E, bend over and grab your knees...." "Atom is Sexy!" <-- Donate your own pic to the cause! Victory needs no explanation. Defeat allows none. -Sun Tzu |
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CaffeinePowered Mad Hatter  Posts: 12,998 Joined: Mar 2008 |
11-10-2009, 03:41 PM
(11-10-2009, 03:29 PM)at0m link Wrote: [quote author=Chronomaster link=topic=3815.msg121913#msg121913 date=1257831314]And this will fix the CRASHING problem, correct? [/quote]If the CRASHING problem is due to overheat, then yes it should. Otherwise, the two are unrelated. [/quote] ^ That If the fans aren't rev'ing properly it might be that as your comp heats up it tries to get the fans to spin faster, but they don't spin up fast enough. This would cause the motherboard to initiate an emergency shutdown to avoid any heat damage. If you run the fans at 100% from boot and it still crashes the problem may still be heat but it shouldn't "rev" anymore ![[Image: caffsighl7.jpg]](http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/5918/caffsighl7.jpg) Â![[Image: 1184299259221.gif]](http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x284/CaffeinePower/1184299259221.gif) Sig by Joel |
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Duck, Duck, Goose Guest |
11-11-2009, 03:31 AM
All this revving and crashing made me think about spaceships. ???
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HeK Rotartsinimda Posts: 4,183 Joined: Jun 2015 |
11-11-2009, 01:14 PM
If you do overheat your CPU on a regular basis, you can actually cook your thermal compound and drastically reduce it's thermal conductance.
When my old PC was locking up on me during gaming, I ended up cleaning and applying new compound (I had to buy more... last time I got Arctic Silver 2, now they are up to 7 or something) and the world was a happy place again. |
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chronomaster BBP Gardevoir Posts: 1,812 Joined: Jun 2008 |
11-11-2009, 02:27 PM
Found out my GPU fan was hitching on an interior ridge, preventing it from spinning properly. Case smelled like hot immediately afterwards, but not smoky so I think I'm still in the clear for now.
Now I just have to wait on the thermal compound that I plan to reapply to both the CPU and GPU fans. Also one of my case fans is a little faulty. Can't get a break, really. Lousy fans everywhere.
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