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SivakDrac
05-23-2004, 02:59 AM
Well, I don't know if I should be concerned or not, but whenever I play some games for a while (like Warcraft 3), it seems my computer sounds louder internally. When it starts up it's pretty quiet and if I don't play games, it stays that way. I'm just wondering, is the processor getting beaten up? What would you do?

I was thinking of using Motherboard Monitor, but it doesn't work, so that isn't an option.

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MasterHD
05-23-2004, 03:54 AM
Maybe it's just the fans spinning faster to maintain the temperature, the computer heats up fast when the processor and graphics cards are hard at work.

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SirDaShadow
05-28-2004, 04:57 AM
> beaten up? What would you do?
> I was thinking of using Motherboard Monitor, but it doesn't
> work, so that isn't an option.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
try that..works like a charm here


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Kijutsu
05-28-2004, 09:44 PM
> I was thinking of using Motherboard Monitor, but it doesn't
> work, so that isn't an option.

Some motherboards have a feature often called Q-Fan.. which slows the fans down while the computer is at an idle and the temperatures are low. As you game, your computer generates fark loads of heat, thus the fans pick up speed to help maintain temperatures. The last two Asus boards I've had have had this feature. Many of the intel systems I've built in recent months also have this feature. So it's likely that if it's a recent computer, this is why is it louder.
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SivakDrac
06-08-2004, 02:59 AM
All that program does is give me an RPM of my fans, and that is remaining as a fixed number. I guess my system is anti-monitor.
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SirDaShadow
06-22-2004, 02:19 AM
> All that program does is give me an RPM of my fans, and that
> is remaining as a fixed number. I guess my system is
> anti-monitor.
>
sorry to bump this thread but I found a kickass program that throttles the cpu when it overheats and is a temp/fan monitor all in one. If you have a via chipset (yuck) and any amd ahtlon/duron based processor
go get this http://vcool.occludo.net/ It kicks cpucool's ass...and it's free!


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World_Demise
06-22-2004, 02:50 AM
> go get this http://vcool.occludo.net/ It kicks cpucool's
> ass...and it's free!
>
Yes, that and Vcool actually works. When I had my old KT7-raid mobo and my 750 Tbird, I could run Vcool and actually watch the temps fall. CPUcool doesn't seem to do anything at all for my K7S5A and Athlon XP 2400

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