On Mar 26, 6:30 pm, kony <s...@spam.com> wrote:
> On 26 Mar 2007 17:06:56 -0700, happymac.supp...@gmail.com
> wrote:
>
> >I checked the BIOS page. Unfortunately, it shows the same readings as
> >PC Probe--around 70 at idle. Any suggestions on what I can do?
>
> Determine which subsystem is suboptimal.
> It's not hard, look over all aspects of the system, which is
> interfering with optimal cooling? The only case where there
> is something that wouldn't be obvious is if you didn't
> realize the quality of heatsink needed or that 'sink wasn't
> sitting on the CPU good, in which case you'd remove it,
> clean off thermal interface material, apply tiny bit of
> heatsink grease and reattach.
>
> >Maybe a
> >fan is failing, as I said in one of my previous posts:
>
> >>i have noticed something though. Before from
> >>when I got the sytem to 3 months ago there was a sound of something (i
> >>am assuming its a fan) that revved up and down. Now, the fan noise is
> >>consistent and stays the same. Maybe, just maybe the system was a bit
> >>louder before.
>
> Well are any spinning at an especially low(er) speed or not?
> That should be pretty easy to determine just by looking at
> them, if not an RPM readout.
>
>
>
> >I honestly dont know. What do you think?
>
> That you have not adequately described exactly what all your
> system's cooling subsystems are like. We can't see the
> system.
>
> >I checked on the ASUS page
> >for my motherboard and there is nothing about cooling issues or
> >anything. Oh, by the way, I found out the number of fans I have. here
> >is the info:
>
> >1) Power Supply Fan
> >2) GPU Fan (on the graphics card)
> >3) CPU Fan @ around 4115RPM
> >4) Case Fan (attached on the inside of the case)
>
> >No idea if thats enough. As far as I can tell, all the ones listed
> >here are spinning. there is air coming out of the Power supply fan,
> >the GPU fan is spinning, the Case Fan I can see is spinning, and
> >obviously the CPU fan is going too.
>
> Describe in detail what case, what fans, where they are
> mounted, what obstructions there are to each compared to
> having only a large open hole. This includes the case front
> bezel.
>
> Describe room ambient temp during these temp readings.
>
> In short, tell us about your system and environment.
> Something about it is different. Only by thorough
> description will that become evident.
As far as I can tell, there are no fans that are running slower than
they should be but as I said: there was slightly more noise from the
machine revving up and down before. I have uploaded some images to
help you figure it out:
1)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/back_ventilation1.JPG - Ventilation holes
on back of case
2)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_fan1.JPG - Case Fan on side (zoomed
in)
3)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_fan2.JPG - Case Fan on side (zoomed
out)
4)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_front1.JPG - Front of case (zoomed
out)
5)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_front2.JPG - Front of case (bottom
area)
6)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_front3.JPG - Front of case (top area)
7)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/case_side1.JPG - Side of case
8)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/cpu_fan1.JPG - CPU Fan
9)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/psu_fan1.JPG - Power Supply Fan exhaust (on
back of case)
10)
http://pcwiz.50webs.com/speedfan_readings.JPG - SpeedFan
temperature readings
Here are the details on the case and fans:
Case: 17 inch tower case "SPORT" brand (I think its a cheap case)
Power Supply: 400W
1) Case Fan
Type: FAN DC 12V (with red, green and blue LEDs)
Location: On the middle of the left side of the case. Its attached
from the inside. The fan is about 2 inches (not sure, check pictures).
Wire mesh covering outside the fan,
2) CPU Fan
Type: Intel stock
Location: on the cpu (obvious) - check pictures
3) GPU Fan
Type: graphics card fan
Location: MSI Card (chipset: ATI RADEON X1300 PRO)
4) Power Supply Fan
Type: power supply fan
Location: inside power supply (covered with a wire mesh, see pictures)
The room temperature at the time of these reading was 19C-20C (the
room temperature is controlled by a programmable thermostat). The
above described fans are the cooling system this machine has. I also
noticed that there is (I think........) a sound of a wire or
something getting caught in a fan. I cant tell which fan and Im not
sure if it even is a fan.
Thanks