AMD FX8350 Overheating because of fan not spinning properly.

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Vincent Flores

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My fan (is probably) loose, but I won't know the cause of it until remove it from my motherboard.

This would probably make many people cry, but when it doesn't spin at start up I manually spin it. It spins at around 500-600rpm which is extremely low. After pushing it (yes while it is on), It makes a click noise (the part, not a digital click or computer beepings, but the part itself made a click noise) and it starts running at around 2800rpm at the Asus EZ Bios display.

Once I am on my desktop, all seems fine until Fan 2 (my CPU fan is monitored as Fan 2 in speedfan) decreases to 0 rpm. Now it isn't running at 0 rpm, but it isn't being monitored and I had this same problem when it was running at 500-600rpm. Sometimes it is read as such and sometimes it says N/A or not monitored in the Bios and Speedfan.

This might be due to me leaving on my computer overnight a lot during the summer. I thought it was my thermal paste going bad at first, but I am guessing my fan is now officially faulty? is there an actual fix on this or do i have to get a new fan? I would like to avoid getting a new fan btw.
 
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Vincent Flores

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On an extra note. My idle Core temp is 45C, and it sounds absurdly high for an idle temp. When I play with the fan by pushing at it (yeah i probably shouldnt be doing this WHILE it is on), it goes back to its old rpm and it goes down to 27C idle.
 
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My guess would be one of three things. First, check where your CPU fan is plugged into your mobo to ensure it's in the CPU fan slot. Your mobo fan controller is typically set up to use this fan against socket temp sensors, so this may help. Alternatively, you could go into the UEFI/BIOS and see if you can manually adjust your fan speed (this may be on the 'advanced' side versus the 'EZ' side). Use Asus's site to find your mobo and check the users manual on how to adjust the fans if you're not familiar with your advanced mobo UEFI menu layout.

The other two are: either you fan bearings are gunked up or the motor is going out. Either way, you'll need a new cooling solution. I have always found it easier in that case to just get a whole new setup (unless you have nice aftermarket cooler with swapable fans already), and great options are available at a very affordable price. Make sure to get very good thermal paste though (the difference in quality between a $2 tube and a $7 tube is huge), and check YouTube out for best methods for cleaning the old stuff off and applying the new.
 
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Vincent Flores

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I replaced my thermal paste yesterday while i was cleaning the heatsink and the fan. The heatsink had a lot of dust built up inside of it and the fan, when i took the sticker off, had a lot of this brownish red gunk inside. I took it out, but the fan is still running at around 600-1000rpm. Is the fan itself faulty or did I just not clean it very well? I would like to make a side note that my CPU fan is making a clicky noise.

I don't know how to describe it, but it sounds like something is hitting it? I don't see anything that is hitting it when I open up the case (cables and stuff), but maybe something is loose inside of it?
 
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