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Question

Heat Sink Fan help

Jan 16, 2015 3:05AM PST

Hello everyone.

So I recently upgraded my hardrive and had to do a fresh install of everything. Now everything seems to be working fine. However, and this could be a normal thing, but my heat sink fan will randomly turn on about mid high speed, run for a few moments then return back to being silent. This will happen when I'm working, blender and gimp, watching videos online, and sometimes just browsing the internet. It will do it while playing games, but I expect that. I just wanted to make sure this in normal and make sure my computer is ok. I also wanted to make sure it wasn't a driver I forgot to install. Here are my computer specs, let me know if there is anything else you wish to know.

Time of this report: 1/16/2015, 11:19:26
Machine name: MECATOLREX
Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_r3.140827-1500)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: CLEVO CO.
System Model: W35_37ET
BIOS: BIOS Date: 10/26/12 14:53:27 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8080MB RAM
Page File: 2389MB used, 13883MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Intel 4000HD
Nvidia Geforce GTX 660m 2GB

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Sounds right.
Jan 16, 2015 3:16AM PST

Fans tend to bring out folk that do not like auto speed control or how some speed control systems ramp up so fast. I'm going to write this sounds just like all those prior discussions. YOUR CHOICE TO RETURN this as unacceptable.
Bob

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If all is well
Jan 16, 2015 5:28AM PST

It doesn't bother me so much as I was just concerned that my computer was over working because I forgot to install something.

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My thought is that it's one of the typical systems.
Jan 16, 2015 5:35AM PST

Some of the more thought out speed controls tend to ramp up the speed rather then flip it to high speed then slow down as the temp drops. It's less jarring and reduces calls to the help lines.
Bob

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So ...
Jan 16, 2015 6:12AM PST

if it the system behaves differently after he reinstalled Windows on the new hard disk, maybe he didn't install "everything" as he wrote. There might be a utility on the "drivers and utilities" disk or such, that lets you determine a fan policy or something like that. Not that I've ever seen such, but it doesn't seem impossible.

I have to wonder why he didn't clone the old disk, but chose to reinstall Windows.That's much easier, much less work and more or less guaranteed to keep everything the same.

Kees

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That's a good point
Jan 16, 2015 6:20AM PST

Speed control is more likely to be in the BIOS than the OS. Yes some install speedfan which I only like since folk can fry a machine by changing the speed and cooking the parts.

Over the past decade, installing Windows has not changed much on its install. However all the drivers and apps after the OS install has become more and more tedious to "you're kidding me."
Bob