cpu fan

can any one help , i have a hp d530 which i use to watch dvb tv via a usb stick, it works fine on another pc in the house , BUT the d530 has a known problem ,that hp dont seem to accept , and so far no one seems to know the solution , the cpu fan goes crazy when the processor is under load , the result is every things slows down , temporarily freezes , until the processor has cooled down , it dosnt do it when i dual boot linux mint , it only does it with xp as xp is process hungry but i need xp to use my digital tv usb stick , any one got any ideas, ive trawled the net and others have this problem but no answers:confused

 

yes as you say i,ve checked most of what you said , this problem seems specific to d530 , i have flashed the latest bios 2.44 a year ago , it may be because its small form factor , the fan is blowing out of the side and the pc is close to the wall and the wall is very warm, so it may need more vent space and your last point has come up a lot dust, and dust inside the fan , also cpu cement and heatsink , BUT i saw an article on hp,s support site about cpu fan and pc slowing down/freezing and i was downloading ac97 codec at the time and thought i,ll read that later but now i cant it,its so annoying as its a throw away from my work and its very capable for what i want it for , digital tv and the net.
i,ll try the dust thing , give it more ventillation ect

thanks for your thoughts

 

well can you believe it , dust , hp and compaq are built like tanks , i work in aviation so i know when somethings solid,dependable , but their like german cars over engineered i have 3 530,s at home 2 showed signs of this problem and the one i but this one had never been pushed , so the usb tv stick outed it , they all have the same promlem , a solid cpu heatsink , i mean solid, vents all round the case, and dust collecting all around the cpu and at the bottom of the heatsink fan, so the fan sucks and sucks , the processor gets hotter and slower , i am typing this and running online tv, its like a completely different machine , its doing what youd expect from a 2.8 intel.

thanks and thanks to all that showed an intrest

 

This cpu fan came out of a desktop PC where the fan was running at max speed most of the time and driving the owners a little bit crazy!

PC cleaning? they never heard of it! :cry:cry:cry

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g90/DrWho1943/DirtyFanHeatSink.jpg

I washed out this heatsink, cleaned the fan and reinstalled the unit into the PC. The fan only runs intermittently now and then only at a low speed.

Your problem may be exactly the same.....a dirt packed CPU heatsink.
Check it and clean it out if need be.

This has been your Tech Tip of the day. :-D:-D

Cheers mates!
The Shadow :cool

 

remove the sticker/plug from the bottom of the fan and then put some kind of oil in there

replace the sticker / plug or tape over it
old trick I used to use on old fans