A while ago I purchased an Intel E8400 with a gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L/S3L motherboard. Shortly after building it I started noticing that my idling temps were a little high according to the program coretemp (this is the only program I used to check and it idled around 53 degrees C and went up to 70 degrees C when gaming) so I decided to reapply thermal paste since I was using the paste that came with the processor and reseat the hs fan. When I rebooted, and I don't know if this was the problem beforehand or not I guess I did not pay much attention, the cpu fan was running at only around 180-200 rpms. Leaving it in bios for around 10-15 minutes the processor only got to 34 degrees C but the system temperature (don't know if that matters) was raising to around 41.
Also, just to test it I plugged an AMD fan that a friend had into the port and the RPM's were still low at around 300 but they were slightly higher than my Intel readings. I also plugged the cpu fan into a free system fan port and the rpm's were around 800-900 steady while sitting in BIOS.
I ordered a new cpu fan to try out and I'm hoping this fixes the problem but if it doesn't I would like to know what is going on.
My questions are these:
1) Does that sound like a misreading on the speed or is the fan running that slow?
2) If the port is broken, can I use the extra system fan port I have as a backup?
3) How fast should be cpu fan run?
4) Does replacing the fan sound like a good idea?
Now I do not claim to be a computer expert. My computer was assembled under supervision of friends who know more than I do. I just want to fix it if there is a major problem.
Thanks,
Frank
Also, just to test it I plugged an AMD fan that a friend had into the port and the RPM's were still low at around 300 but they were slightly higher than my Intel readings. I also plugged the cpu fan into a free system fan port and the rpm's were around 800-900 steady while sitting in BIOS.
I ordered a new cpu fan to try out and I'm hoping this fixes the problem but if it doesn't I would like to know what is going on.
My questions are these:
1) Does that sound like a misreading on the speed or is the fan running that slow?
2) If the port is broken, can I use the extra system fan port I have as a backup?
3) How fast should be cpu fan run?
4) Does replacing the fan sound like a good idea?
Now I do not claim to be a computer expert. My computer was assembled under supervision of friends who know more than I do. I just want to fix it if there is a major problem.
Thanks,
Frank
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