E8400 fan struggles to start

[tokyotech]

I have a new PC with the Wolfdale E8400 3.0Ghz with the standard heatsink/fan. Sometimes when I resume from standby or freshly turn on the computer, the fan struggles to start. It whirls on and off with a period of about 1.5 seconds. I always quicky shut off Windows to prevent overheating. When I turn it back on, it spins fine for as long as I use the PC.

Is this normal behavior upon startup? Perhaps when it's not hot enough, it doesn't need to whirl at max speed?

 

[joefriday]

turn off the fan control in the bios

 

[mike99]

It is normal for a temperature controlled fan to do this when the CPU is cold. Don't worry about it, it reduces noise.

Mike.

 

[tokyotech]

Really? The fan is barely audible when it's fully on.

 

[NMDante]

Really? The fan is barely audible when it's fully on.

Yup. The stock fan is pretty quiet, and joefriday might have the correct method, if u don't want the fan to stop spinning. BIOS is probably controlling fan.

 

[dobby]

these day it hard to damage a chip through heat, cause they just shut off, so try thsi just turn your system on, if no fan, put a bit of load through, play some music, load a game, if the fan doesn't then there something wrong, other than that your just reaping the pros of a 45nm chip, low power consumption, little heat to dispurse.