Sanok Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 When bringing up a CM game, is the computer cooling fan supposed to kick on? Whenever I play BO, BB, or AK, the fan kicks on, often changing speeds while playing. When I minimize or close out the game, the fan goes off, but kicks back on as soon as I bring up a game. I did a test, where I brought up BO, then minimized right away, then brought it back up, then exited the game. Every time the game came on the screen, the fan kicked on, but shut off when I minimized. When I exited, the fan went super loud for a second, then stopped. It startled me, it so loud. It never did that before. I'm concerned this may damage the fan, which could then damage the computer. My previous computer, an eMachines with XP, died because the power supply overheated. The fan did the same thing with that computer. I have a Compaq now, with Vista. When I played five or six years ago on an eMachines with ME, the fan never did that. Is something bad happening here? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 The CM series jumps the CPU up to 100% when they start. With the modern computers the fans will adjust automatically. 100% CPU would make the fan speed up. Sounds normal to me. lee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudowudo Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 If you have a relatively modern pc with vista then I would not expect BO,BB,or AK to tax the cpu sufficiently to cause damage. Its more likely to be a case of cheap components. What cpu have you ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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