CPU cooler maybe faulty
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Please can anyone advise me as to whether or not my CPU cooler maybe faulty. I have just put together a system as listed here:
i7-3770K
Asus P8Z77-M PRO
Sapphire Radeon HD7750
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB
Arctic freezer 7 pro rev.2
ANTEC One
But on first Boot (Without operating System or drives) the CPU fan made a rumble sort of slight noise and then I received a CPU fan error and the fan kept stopping. I looked at the Bios monitor and CPU fan seemed to be going at random high and low speeds. I adjusted the the fan speed limit and Q Fan Control, but the fan still showed as spinning at really random high and low speeds. Rebooted the computer 3 times and the problem was still the same, but on the 4th reboot the fan showed as working normally at a consistent temperature around 35 degrees. I also had to mount the heat sink just below the top exhaust fan in a Antec One case due to lack of space which I am slightly concerned about.
Thanks in advance for any advice
i7-3770K
Asus P8Z77-M PRO
Sapphire Radeon HD7750
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB
Arctic freezer 7 pro rev.2
ANTEC One
But on first Boot (Without operating System or drives) the CPU fan made a rumble sort of slight noise and then I received a CPU fan error and the fan kept stopping. I looked at the Bios monitor and CPU fan seemed to be going at random high and low speeds. I adjusted the the fan speed limit and Q Fan Control, but the fan still showed as spinning at really random high and low speeds. Rebooted the computer 3 times and the problem was still the same, but on the 4th reboot the fan showed as working normally at a consistent temperature around 35 degrees. I also had to mount the heat sink just below the top exhaust fan in a Antec One case due to lack of space which I am slightly concerned about.
Thanks in advance for any advice
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It could be one of two reasons/problems:
1. The fan is faulty or screwed up and a real fix is replacing the fan
2. Its the motherboards fan connector/controller issue
The way to test which one it is is plugging the fan into a different fan connector on the motherboard. like into a case fan connector on the mb. Also plugging the fan into a different motherboard should give you very accurate picture of whats going on. If it is still behaving strangely like you described in a different fan connector and in a different motherboard all together, you know 100% that the fan is messed up.
In that case, replace the fan itself or replace/rma the cooler with the fan altogether.
hope this helps, Good Luck!![;)]( ";)")
1. The fan is faulty or screwed up and a real fix is replacing the fan
2. Its the motherboards fan connector/controller issue
The way to test which one it is is plugging the fan into a different fan connector on the motherboard. like into a case fan connector on the mb. Also plugging the fan into a different motherboard should give you very accurate picture of whats going on. If it is still behaving strangely like you described in a different fan connector and in a different motherboard all together, you know 100% that the fan is messed up.
In that case, replace the fan itself or replace/rma the cooler with the fan altogether.
hope this helps, Good Luck!
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