MoNkEy MaGiC
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Registered: 12th Apr 03
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since installing my new graphics card my cpu fan goes nuts!!
spins soo fast that its literally like a hairdryer sometimes and i have to restart!!!! 
its a Dell optiplex gx280 small desktop computer, Xp with uprated 2gb ram, p4 2.9ghz and uprated graphics card to radeon ati x600 256mb
ive heard some of these models had these problems, but mine only happened since installing the new graphics card 
what could i do???
uprated cpu fans available??
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Update BIOS to latest version from http://support.euro.dell.com, should fix it.
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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update!
it seems to be fine now
i disconnected all wires and inputs and then took the CPU fan off and the heat sink and cleaned it all out, took all dust and dirt of it and then put it back together last night, and since then it seems to be fine, hardly spins up at all now lol!!!
what could have been the problem??
is this fix just temporary??
how will a bios update help??
some info ive researched about it;
the thermal control sensor or something like that could be faulty or bad faulty weildings on the copper conductor pipes in the heat sink also??
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John
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The fan overspins if there is any doubt about the processor being cooled properly.
The BIOS update fixes most of the issues you are talking about that you have seen on the net, nothing to do with welds.
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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hey i updated the bios from A03 to A08 so im guessing it was out of date by 5 updates  lol!!
tweaked the settings and everything seems fine so far 
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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is it worth updating the bios on any pc/laptop?
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gunzi
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Registered: 10th Feb 05
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^ Yes
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Kurt
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so how do you go about doing that, i have an acer aspire something or other....
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