I wasn't sure whether this belongs here or in the components forum, my CPU is overheating and I'm wondering if it's a problem with the fan, because the following happens when I use the Asus utilities to change fan speed:
If I understand this correctly, the bottom window is supposed to show how many RPM the CPU fan can go through when it's at 100% work load, or 40% work load etc. so it should be the most RPM at 100% and the least at 20%. but that's not what I'm seeing here and I checked it a few times with identical results. In fact, after switching fan control to highest turbo mode, the most I'm seeing is around 1050RPM and the least I ever saw is 937RPM - this all seems very different than the 1000-5000RPM I'm seeing when people talk about fan speeds online (I think the fan is whatever came with the motherboard and CPU, here's a picture).
As for the CPU, the overheating seems erratic. Right now I have firefox open with many tabs and I'm at 45C which seems fine, but yesterday I was constantly at around 70C. A non demanding game like Portal gets me to 75C and a simple pixel game gets me to 85C. Any ideas?
Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P6T SE (LGA1366)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
AMD Radeon R9 270
6GB RAM
If I understand this correctly, the bottom window is supposed to show how many RPM the CPU fan can go through when it's at 100% work load, or 40% work load etc. so it should be the most RPM at 100% and the least at 20%. but that's not what I'm seeing here and I checked it a few times with identical results. In fact, after switching fan control to highest turbo mode, the most I'm seeing is around 1050RPM and the least I ever saw is 937RPM - this all seems very different than the 1000-5000RPM I'm seeing when people talk about fan speeds online (I think the fan is whatever came with the motherboard and CPU, here's a picture).
As for the CPU, the overheating seems erratic. Right now I have firefox open with many tabs and I'm at 45C which seems fine, but yesterday I was constantly at around 70C. A non demanding game like Portal gets me to 75C and a simple pixel game gets me to 85C. Any ideas?
Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P6T SE (LGA1366)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
AMD Radeon R9 270
6GB RAM