Question fans not ramping up at over 90 C (hwmonitor not reporting fans)

[REXER897]

i have a dell inspiron 3521 and its fans are not ramping up at over 90 C
its been 9 years and i havent replaced any thermal paste or cleaned any dust
im also on the latest windows version
if anyone has a solution pls do help

 

[KananX]

Check if the fans are still working at all.

 

[REXER897]

I can hear them spinning occasionally and slightly

 

[KananX]

Clean it up and replace the thermal paste, basically you said what you didn’t but what you should do instead. Observe how fast the fans spin, if they are always slow, consider replacing them.

 

[REXER897]

K I'll try that rhx