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ladic   05-02-2007 at 07:00:00 AM

First of all, this is a brand new build with a C2D e4400 using retail heatsink/fan.
I have noticed that while on desktop or surfing the web, my cpu fa will start, stop start stop.

When I play games or do cpu demanding stuff, the fan will act normaly.

When i went to bios to check my cpu temp it read 29C.

is this normal?

what is a good program for Vista to check CPU temp?

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apache_lives   05-02-2007 at 10:40:37 AM
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First of all, this is a brand new build with a C2D e4400 using retail heatsink/fan.
I have noticed that while on desktop or surfing the web, my cpu fa will start, stop start stop.

When I play games or do cpu demanding stuff, the fan will act normaly.

When i went to bios to check my cpu temp it read 29C.

is this normal?

what is a good program for Vista to check CPU temp?



let me guess, the motherboard is a gigabyte?

in the bios set the fan control type to PWM

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mpasternak   05-02-2007 at 03:13:59 PM
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Sounds very much like some sort of "smart fan" setup. at lower temps, the fan will stop, and when using the cpu it throttles the fan up when a temperature is reached. Gaming would provide the most consistant use of the CPU and therefore be the warmest requiring constant cooling.

This same thing freaked me out. I have a 3700A64 with stock cooler for the X2 4600 on it with a gigabyte board, and it was doing that too. I almost freaked, But temps always stayed cool

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CB   05-02-2007 at 03:48:38 PM
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Gigabyte BIOS default is non PWM setting. Try changing this to PWM (can't remember which menu). This should fix it.

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ladic   05-02-2007 at 04:54:32 PM
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yes the board is a Gigabyte, but I dunno what setting its on, I didnt mess with that on the Bios.

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20070503   05-03-2007 at 08:20:03 AM
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forget it, it's very normal.

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apache_lives   05-03-2007 at 11:56:35 AM
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forget it, it's very normal.



wow what a bunch of repedative replies :roll:

as for normal - no, its only with gigabyte motherboards

its a simple bios setting

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