Hello,
I have built my first PC, and have it working, but I am experiencing a single problem with it. The fan on the CPU heat sink turns on and off randomly, causing an alarm to sound. Sometimes the fan just stays off. Other times it will turn on for a few seconds, and then off again. Sometimes the fan just seems to twitch, like it is about to start turning, but then does not.
I have replaced the heat sink / fan with a different one and have the exact same problem. Does this mean that something is wrong with my motherboard? Or is this a problem of something configured wrong in the BIOS?
The CPU temperature does not seem to be very high even with the heat sink fan being off. Is it possible the BIOS is sensing that the temperature is low and turning off the fan to save energy? Or does a CPU heat sink fan need to be running 24/7? If not, I can just turn off the alarm and problem solved, I suppose.
Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated.
I have built my first PC, and have it working, but I am experiencing a single problem with it. The fan on the CPU heat sink turns on and off randomly, causing an alarm to sound. Sometimes the fan just stays off. Other times it will turn on for a few seconds, and then off again. Sometimes the fan just seems to twitch, like it is about to start turning, but then does not.
I have replaced the heat sink / fan with a different one and have the exact same problem. Does this mean that something is wrong with my motherboard? Or is this a problem of something configured wrong in the BIOS?
The CPU temperature does not seem to be very high even with the heat sink fan being off. Is it possible the BIOS is sensing that the temperature is low and turning off the fan to save energy? Or does a CPU heat sink fan need to be running 24/7? If not, I can just turn off the alarm and problem solved, I suppose.
Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated.