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Youve got a known fault with you Gx280 its adown to some bad capaicitors
Intel used on the boards for Dell you need to contact Dell ~Support and you
need the Systemboard replacing and the CPU
Trust me on this one we do about 5-10 a Day in the UK
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>> Can the fan speed on the DELL GX280 be varied in the BIOS or otherwise?
>> This unit is somewhat noisy. I have a HP 7100 which is quieter as the
>> fan speed can be slowed down.
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> The GX280 should be virtually silent unless it's running hot. I have
> several of those units in both the Small Form Factor and Mid Tower. The
> mid towers never make noise. The SFF will ramp up the fans for short
> periods of time when they get hot but that doesn't last very long.
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> I'd suggest a good cleaning. Clean out all the dust including dust build
> up on the fan and in the fins of the CPU heat sync. If you're running a
> vid card that has a fan, I'd look at it as well That fan could be the
> culprit.
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