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Hi everyone,

I am having yet another problem with my brand-new PC. I have a Cooler Master CPU cooler and the fan is not running at full capacity. I have gone into the BIOS and adjusted the settings a couple of times now and it's not making a difference. NZXT tells me the fan is "n/a". Any idea why this would be happening and how I can resolve this issue? I've done a tad bit of video editing which bumped the CPU temperature up to about 60 degrees Celsius and still the fan hardly moved. 

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2 minutes ago, paperdaisy said:

Hi everyone,

I am having yet another problem with my brand-new PC. I have a Cooler Master CPU cooler and the fan is not running at full capacity. I have gone into the BIOS and adjusted the settings a couple of times now and it's not making a difference. NZXT tells me the fan is "n/a". Any idea why this would be happening and how I can resolve this issue? I've done a tad bit of video editing which bumped the CPU temperature up to about 60 degrees Celsius and still the fan hardly moved. 

Sounds normal to me, if the fan profile is aiming for quiet its unlikely to really kick in until 70-80C.

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17 minutes ago, paperdaisy said:

Hi everyone,

I am having yet another problem with my brand-new PC. I have a Cooler Master CPU cooler and the fan is not running at full capacity. I have gone into the BIOS and adjusted the settings a couple of times now and it's not making a difference. NZXT tells me the fan is "n/a". Any idea why this would be happening and how I can resolve this issue? I've done a tad bit of video editing which bumped the CPU temperature up to about 60 degrees Celsius and still the fan hardly moved. 

Is the fan spinning at all? Certainly sounds like it considering your only at 60c.

 

The fan is not going to spin full speed if it doesn't need to, and 60c is not "hot" for a CPU. That is a pretty normal temp (if anything its on the low side) for a CPU under a video editing load, so sounds like things are working totally as intended.

 

What port is the fan plugged into? The NZXT software is likely reporting CPU fan header 1 speed, does your mobo have multiple CPU fan headers, or is it plugged into a chassis or power (usually listed as PWR) on the mobo itself) fan header?

 

Either way, if the fan is spinning, and your at 60c in video editing, you have nothing at all to worry about.

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52 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

Is the fan spinning at all? Certainly sounds like it considering your only at 60c.

 

The fan is not going to spin full speed if it doesn't need to, and 60c is not "hot" for a CPU. That is a pretty normal temp (if anything its on the low side) for a CPU under a video editing load, so sounds like things are working totally as intended.

 

What port is the fan plugged into? The NZXT software is likely reporting CPU fan header 1 speed, does your mobo have multiple CPU fan headers, or is it plugged into a chassis or power (usually listed as PWR) on the mobo itself) fan header?

 

Either way, if the fan is spinning, and your at 60c in video editing, you have nothing at all to worry about.

Oh ok that should be fine then. 

I'm not sure what port it's plugged into. My brother helped me built the PC and he did a lot of the connection stuff as I'm quite clueless (I could learn, but I'm too scared of screwing up and this was really expensive for me). I can look at the ports, and see what the situation is there. 

The fan is spinning at all times. Just not making a lot of air disturbance or noise at all. Thank you so much! :)

 

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1 hour ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Sounds normal to me, if the fan profile is aiming for quiet its unlikely to really kick in until 70-80C.

Alright thank you :)

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4 hours ago, paperdaisy said:

Oh ok that should be fine then. 

I'm not sure what port it's plugged into. My brother helped me built the PC and he did a lot of the connection stuff as I'm quite clueless (I could learn, but I'm too scared of screwing up and this was really expensive for me). I can look at the ports, and see what the situation is there. 

The fan is spinning at all times. Just not making a lot of air disturbance or noise at all. Thank you so much! :)

 

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