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Question

why on startup is my fan onthe cpu on going allthe time just

Sep 17, 2011 9:22PM PDT
why has my pc got cpu fan running all the time cleaned out the heatsink still the same

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It should run al the time shouldn't it?
Sep 17, 2011 10:36PM PDT

Since the CPU is working all the time and generating heat, I would have thought the CPU fan 'would' be on all the time.

But then I am no expert.

Mark

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Echo Mark
Sep 18, 2011 8:17AM PDT

It's supposed to.