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I am hoping someone can tell me what a "normal" RPM for a CPU fan might be,
or why else my CPU is overheating.
1) I do not overclock
2) CPU fan speed is 2556RPM
3) The average CPU temperature lately is 90C
4) I just went into BIOS right now, the CPU temp was 77 degrees, which is
the lowest i've seen in a few days, but i sat there in BIOS for only about
3-4 minutes and the CPU temp went from 77 to 90 in those few minutes when all
i was doing was looking at BIOS. During those few minutes, the CPU fan speed
was 2518-2556 RPM.
5) The other box fans are working, and the side is off, so there should be
plenty of airflow. The heat fins are clean, vents and fans are clean.
PC is only about 2 years old, XP Pro SP2, 512 ram. I don't even use this
computer for gaming, music, etc. Just mainly email (i never open attachments
or allow active x)and browsing. It's behind a firewall, router, switch,
Norton AV, MS AntiSpyware, and routinely updated, so a virus or worm is out
of the question.
Thanks!
I am hoping someone can tell me what a "normal" RPM for a CPU fan might be,
or why else my CPU is overheating.
1) I do not overclock
2) CPU fan speed is 2556RPM
3) The average CPU temperature lately is 90C
4) I just went into BIOS right now, the CPU temp was 77 degrees, which is
the lowest i've seen in a few days, but i sat there in BIOS for only about
3-4 minutes and the CPU temp went from 77 to 90 in those few minutes when all
i was doing was looking at BIOS. During those few minutes, the CPU fan speed
was 2518-2556 RPM.
5) The other box fans are working, and the side is off, so there should be
plenty of airflow. The heat fins are clean, vents and fans are clean.
PC is only about 2 years old, XP Pro SP2, 512 ram. I don't even use this
computer for gaming, music, etc. Just mainly email (i never open attachments
or allow active x)and browsing. It's behind a firewall, router, switch,
Norton AV, MS AntiSpyware, and routinely updated, so a virus or worm is out
of the question.
Thanks!