heatsink fan problems?

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OmegaZer0180

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For some reason, my heatsink fan doesn't constant spin, it only spins at intervals at a time. Is this normal? If this isn't, what could i have possibly done wrong?
 
It could spin faster when under full load, so it doesn't overheat. It shouldn't be problem, as long as your CPU is at a good temperature. You could be using up your PSU so that it HSF doesn't have a constant spin. What is Power Supply Unit Watts, and your PC specs?
 
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX
EVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO
XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX 500W Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA
 
your HSF must have a sensor that knows when your processor heats up, I have a termaltake HSF that runs upto 3000 on 60C and slows down on startup.
 
It's pretty rare that desktop fans cut out completely. What kind of computer are we talking about here? If it's custom made, I'd look into it a bit more. I've had some fans that spun at rather low RPMs, and when the computer tried to slow it down, the fan just stopped(IE, it should be spinning at 50% but the motherboard wasn't providing enough current to turn it)
 
The Gigabyte 965P series I know that at low load the fan doesn't spin this is because the BIOS has a fan-throttling feature on board. You can turn it off.
 
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