Is my cpu fan working?

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Hi, just wanting to ask if my CPU fan is working or not.

The reason I am asking this is because I can't see the fan spinning around through the holes in my case.

Thanks.
 

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You could open the case and look.

Or install a program that will tell you the fan's RPM.

If it weren't, the PC would likely have shut itself off as a safety measure.
 

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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
If your cpu fan was not running your cpu would get quite hot quite quickly

You can check your cpu temp in your bios or use a monitoring tool or gadget to keep any eye on it, overheating your chip is not a good idea and will cause your system to crash/shutdown unexpectedly
 

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Pauly said:
If your cpu fan was not running your cpu would get quite hot quite quickly

You can check your cpu temp in your bios or use a monitoring tool or gadget to keep any eye on it, overheating your chip is not a good idea and will cause your system to crash/shutdown unexpectedly
Click to expand...

Well it has never done that.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
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i3 550 quad core 3.20ghz
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8 gig ddr3
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ATI/AMD HD 6770
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HP LP2065
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1600x1200
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Razer Naga Molten
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ignatzatsonic said:
You could open the case and look.

Or install a program that will tell you the fan's RPM.

If it weren't, the PC would likely have shut itself off as a safety measure.
Click to expand...

I downloaded and installed SpeedFan and it says this.


Fan1 - 1901 RPM.

GPU Fan - 0 RPM.

Is my GPU not running fast because I am not doing anything gpu intensive?
 

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Custom Build
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
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i3 550 quad core 3.20ghz
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8 gig ddr3
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ATI/AMD HD 6770
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HP LP2065
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1600x1200
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Razer Naga Molten
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May be a good idea to get temp monitoring prog as it will tell you if anything is overheating, fan speeds can sometimes be wrong/mis-interpreted by software as there is often multiple fan connectors on a mobo that are unused
 

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8GB DDR3 1600
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Pauly said:
May be a good idea to get temp monitoring prog as it will tell you if anything is overheating, fan speeds can sometimes be wrong/mis-interpreted by software as there is often multiple fan connectors on a mobo that are unused
Click to expand...

Oh this does tell me my temps.

Most of them are all cool, just one of them is 50.
 

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i3 550 quad core 3.20ghz
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ATI/AMD HD 6770
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HP LP2065
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1600x1200
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Razer Naga Molten
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That sounds fine even a bit higher is ok, if fans had packed up those temps would soon climb to 70/80/90 then shutdown goodnight, and wouldnt come back on until cooled down especially gfx card
 

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Pauly Special
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Win7 Ultimate X64
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Intel i5 3570K
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Gigabyte Z77X-DS3H
Memory
8GB DDR3 1600
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Onboard
Sound Card
Onboard
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
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Samsung 840 Evo SSD (OS)
1TB Spinner (Data)
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800W Arctic
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Cooler Master
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3x120mm Fans
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MS Wireless
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MS Wireless
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20M
Pauly said:
That sounds fine even a bit higher is ok, if fans had packed up those temps would soon climb to 70/80/90 then shutdown goodnight, and wouldnt come back on until cooled down especially gfx card
Click to expand...

The highest my gpu has got was on BF3. At like 60 - 70. For a couple of hours. Normally it's 38 - 40.
 

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Custom Build
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
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i3 550 quad core 3.20ghz
Memory
8 gig ddr3
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ATI/AMD HD 6770
Monitor(s) Displays
HP LP2065
Screen Resolution
1600x1200
Mouse
Razer Naga Molten
Internet Speed
N/A
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