Noisy CPU-fan on a vista 64-bit system

Malloy

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Howdy,

I've been running this system for almost 3 years now, and powerwise I'm still quite satisfied with the machine. The noise however is not satisfactory, and has not been for more than a year now. Last week it became so bad that even a closed door did not keep the noise out of the room next door.

The fan on the CPU is the factory supplied one, I've updated the gpu-fan with a Zalman about a year ago thinking that this was the problem, it was not.

What strikes me is that it does not seem to have anything to do with the actual CPU temperature, but more with the immediate cpu-load, resulting in a constantantly changing fan noise frequence that makes the machine impossible to work on. I've tried 'fan control' but no luck, and the bios-setting is supposed to be 'intelligent' so that it changes the speed accordingly. Only other setting is 'full power', aka not very pleasant.

Does anyone have any idea of what I can do to fix this fustrating problem, short of buying a new machine or upgrading the fan? I vacuum the fan and heatsink roughly once a month, it does not seem to help a bit.

Any help is greatly appreciated, and please let me know if further information is needed!

Thank you in advance!
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q6850 @ 3.00GHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Have you tried removing the fan, applying thermal paste, then reconnecting the fan.
Going into your bios there are two settings for intel chips, one is called Speedstep and the other is C1E.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
Thank you very much for your response.

I've tried the thermal paste solution, thought that it might be the problem, unfortunately not.

I went through my bios last night and I can't seem to find the specific element called Speedship, nor am I able to locate C1E.

Am I looking the wrong place, or is it something else?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q6850 @ 3.00GHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Which motherboard do you use?
Is your machine overclocked?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
if your fan has a four pin jack connecting to the motherboard, it means it is PWM (speed controlled by the CPUs temp). if youre confident your CPU will not overheat, replace the fan with a 3 pin fan..
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD Phenom ii 940 - 3.60GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe
    Memory
    Kingston HyperX 2x2GB 1066MHz 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    4870 1GB
    Sound Card
    N/A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonix VX2240w
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200rpm
    PSU
    Corsair AX850
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF 932
    Cooling
    Scythe Mugen 2 rev.b
    Keyboard
    Das Keyboard Silent Professional
    Mouse
    Logitech G500
    Internet Speed
    iunno.
The mb, thought I forgot thomething :)

It's a Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R.

[edit] It's not overclocked as far as I know. It didn't look OC'ed when I browsed through the bios a couple of days ago.

@Chaos: Good advice, I have to figure out if I'm willing to take the 'chance' :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q6850 @ 3.00GHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Its probably dieing..... You can probably fine a factory replacement on ebay.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Its probably dieing..... You can probably fine a factory replacement on ebay.

:oThat will be a good point. Alot of fans use ballbearings, as these ware down there will be more noise. As the noise is getting worst then it may mean the fan is going to fail.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
So I should be looking for a fan upgrade.

I'll take a look around, I've used alot of Zalmans in the past, but I need to make sure that there's room for it's pretty crowded in there. Any suggestions for effective alternatives that does not eat alot of room (yeah, I know, good cooling takes space).

Thanks again y'all for your responses!
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q6850 @ 3.00GHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Your best option isa to update to a after market heat sink...
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
i often find that my cpu fan gets dusty as hell, a good clean maybe the solution, this includes removing the fan and de-dusting the heatsink as well, also helps with cooling ;-)

MrNeeds
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA,
    Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA,
    WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
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