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The cpu fan on my gf's wimpy emachine celeron 500mhz has become too noisy to ignore, and I'm wondering if I can't just disconnect the thing? Was a fan absolutely necessary for these processors?
Originally posted by: MWTungsten
Well, I (perhaps foolishly) ignored this advice and unplugged the fan. 24 hours later the machine is still alive, with almost no noticable difference in the temperature of the air coming out of the back. (it went from fairly cool to very mildly warm) The only fan in this 500 MHz eMachine is now just 1 inside the power supply, which seems to be doing a decent job of drawing air up and off the little celeron. And it's significantly quieter! I will update this thread if things take a turn for the worse, but so far it seems to be working fine fanless.
Originally posted by: meltdown75
that is hilarious... checking the exhaust air to see how hot the cpu is... thanks for the chuckle! by the way, if it is making all that air "very mildly warm", there must be a heat source right? there is! it's the cpu that is running at about 70C! put on a fan my man.
Originally posted by: MWTungsten
Originally posted by: meltdown75
that is hilarious... checking the exhaust air to see how hot the cpu is... thanks for the chuckle! by the way, if it is making all that air "very mildly warm", there must be a heat source right? there is! it's the cpu that is running at about 70C! put on a fan my man.
The mobo/bios does not appear to have any temp monitoring. How else would you suggest I check?
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Originally posted by: MWTungsten
Originally posted by: meltdown75
that is hilarious... checking the exhaust air to see how hot the cpu is... thanks for the chuckle! by the way, if it is making all that air "very mildly warm", there must be a heat source right? there is! it's the cpu that is running at about 70C! put on a fan my man.
The mobo/bios does not appear to have any temp monitoring. How else would you suggest I check?
I'm not yet the geek I wish I was ...