[SOLVED] Are my fans dying?

[James_369]

So, I've been monitoring my fan activity for since I got this new desktop two years ago. Today I noticed that the CPU fan sticking to 255 RPM despite going as high as 262 RPM and I'm worried that this is a sign that my CPU fans are dying, as my CPU fan previously had to go to 300 RPM at least twice over the weekend (though that was mostly due to either being reset and the strain of going through that or it was doing a CPU heavy task like cleaning temporary files).

That said, I'm not sure if it's a sign of my CPU dying or if the sensors are thinking the CPU's cold enough that it doesn't need the extra RPM. Right now, I've seen it going up to 256 RPM, so my best bet is the latter.

 

[Lutfij]

You might want to give us some more info in the form of the make and model of the CPU cooler. You might want to see if you're working with an aftermarket cooler that relies upon a chassis fan(for lack of a better term), then swap the fan out and see if the RPM's are the same.

As for your motherboard, what is it's make and model and what BIOS version are you on? If you're on Windows 10, what version(not edition) of the OS are you working with?

 

[James_369]

You might want to give us some more info in the form of the make and model of the CPU cooler. You might want to see if you're working with an aftermarket cooler that relies upon a chassis fan(for lack of a better term), then swap the fan out and see if the RPM's are the same.

As for your motherboard, what is it's make and model and what BIOS version are you on? If you're on Windows 10, what version(not edition) of the OS are you working with?

I think they're stock fans because I purchased the computer at Best Buy (the computer itself is a Pavilion Desktop TP01-0xxx. As for the motherboard, it's HP 8653. The version of Windows 10 I'm on is 21H2.

Yesterday, I ended up installing Synapse 3, but I doubt it has anything to do with the fan controls because as I said, they're stock fans, not Razer or RGB fans.

EDIT: I've seen the CPU fan go up to 257 RPM briefly... Think that's a good thing.

 

[CountMike]

I think they're stock fans because I purchased the computer at Best Buy (the computer itself is a Pavilion Desktop TP01-0xxx. As for the motherboard, it's HP 8653. The version of Windows 10 I'm on is 21H2.

Yesterday, I ended up installing Synapse 3, but I doubt it has anything to do with the fan controls because as I said, they're stock fans, not Razer or RGB fans.

EDIT: I've seen the CPU fan go up to 257 RPM briefly... Think that's a good thing.

That's extraordinary low speed for any fan under 200mm, I suspect wrong reading. Can you use some other program or look in BIOS ?

 

[James_369]

That's extraordinary low speed for any fan under 200mm, I suspect wrong reading.

That's just the CPU fan. The Case Fan's usual max is 2299 RPM.

When I look into Bios, it's usually around 1100 RPM for both of them, give or take a few numbers

EDIT: And now it's back up to 258 which is what I consider part of the normal range... So weird.