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highdroponics
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Computer runs high
#11525577 - 11/25/09 11:10 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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My computer is about a year old, if that. Bought it brand new. Right now the computer is running like I have ever last program on my computer running or like I've just restarted the computer. It's very loud and annoying, It's been doing this for about a month or so now, and it even does it when I'm not even using it. It's beginning to scare me a bit.
I have absolutely no idea what to do, I have no idea what is wrong with it. All I know is it's running at a high rpm and it sounds like shit.
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Edited by highdroponics (11/25/09 11:12 AM)
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DieCommie

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Only two things spin on a computer - fans and hard disks. That loud noise is probably a fan. When is the last time you opened the case and cleaned out the dust?
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meatsuit
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turn off. open up case. look in disgust at all the dust. clean out the dust. be careful. make sure to clean the cpu fan well, this is likely the cause. use canned duster, or a air compressor, or a vacuum very carefully.
pcs will run like that when they are getting too hot. most likely the dust inside is causing the overdrive.
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highdroponics
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Re: Computer runs high [Re: meatsuit]
#11525717 - 11/25/09 11:37 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah cleaning it did seem to work a little, but all I did was open it up and blow all the dust out myself, I have no idea how to clean a computer properly and I'm kinda afraid to do so.
Now one of the fans sounds like its scraping something. If I knew what I was doing I'd take apart the fan and figure out what's wrong with it, but I probably wouldn't know how to put it back.
-------------------- Dr says to stop trying to treat the side-effects of big government and focus on the core issues. End the Federal Reserve/audit the gold reserves at Fort Knox, abolish the IRS, end all wars and occupancies, stop the building of an empire that will inevitably fail, and cut all unconstitutional federal programs. Put the power back in the peoples' hands by ending this nanny-state.
Edited by highdroponics (11/25/09 11:39 AM)
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LobsterSauce



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You still have a warranty?
They should replace the fan for free if so.
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highdroponics
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Couldn't get a warranty, my computer was custom built for gaming, kinda quit after I got the computer though, lol.
-------------------- Dr says to stop trying to treat the side-effects of big government and focus on the core issues. End the Federal Reserve/audit the gold reserves at Fort Knox, abolish the IRS, end all wars and occupancies, stop the building of an empire that will inevitably fail, and cut all unconstitutional federal programs. Put the power back in the peoples' hands by ending this nanny-state.
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meatsuit
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which fan is making noise? The one attached to the processor?
To clean just get a can of duster, and blast the shit out of all the components...its just air, so you can't really fuck it up too bad. I usually just very carefully take a vacuum extension to it and suck all the dust up.
It is most likely the heatsink/cpu fan clogged up with dust. Get in there with the duster and you'll be fine. You could always just dry smash its shit box...
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koraks
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Re: Computer runs high [Re: meatsuit]
#11535829 - 11/27/09 04:09 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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First try to find out if there's a process that causes a high CPU workload. Open the task manager (if you run 2000/XP/Vista, hit Ctrl-Alt-Del, open task manager and access the processes tab) and sort all active processes on CPU workload. Check if there's a process that causes 100% or 50% workload. Track down what it is (use Google) and terminate it + prevent it from loading at startup if possible.
If the above doesn't help, then start the whole fan cleaning business. Which won't hurt in any case, but if might not solve the problem if you have a software/workload issue.
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