Computer Fan Question!

[SIRCOOKS]

Good Night,

I have a weird problem with two of my PC's. Every so often i would be working on it, and at a certain point the fan would just increase in speed and sound. Can anyone explain what this might be linked to? I would maybe have two browsers open and a movie playing in wmp on one, the other i just really have a lot of web sites open in tabs. Can i be overworking the cpu? Can the processor need some more compound between it and the fan? Do i need a fresh install? or do i need to replace the fan or is there a setting i can reduce or increase. Hope someone can help me real soon.

Regards,

 

[voyagerfan99]

Your fan on the CPU heatsink is most likely spinning up to reduce the heat of the CPU. Is there a lot of dust in the case? If so, blow it out, as dust acts like a blanket and traps heat.

You could also clean off the old thermal paste and apply some new Arctic Silver 5 for more efficient transfer of heat from the CPU to the heatsink.