My 7 year old system consists consist of:
AMD FX-6300
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard
Corsair VS550 PSU
Carbide Spec 02 Cabinet
Deepcool UF120 Front Case Fan on SYS_FAN header of motherboard.
Arctic F12 Silent Rear Case Fan directly to Molex.
Last day, my temperatures of both GPU and CPU went higher than expected after a gaming session. So i checked HWINFO and saw my front Case Fan was jumping between millions of rpm erratically. This has not happened till the last day. Today morning, I powered my system and this fan didn't turn on at all. HWINFO showed no fan on SYS_FAN. After a reboot, the fan got detected and turned on. BIOS has only 2 options to turn Smart Control on SYS_FAN on and off. That's about it.
But, why I suspect PSU as a potential issue because a few months ago my rear case fan was stopping in middle as well. This fan would slow down erratically and would eventually turn off.
At that time I changed the Molex adapter but the problem didn't solve. Then I attached it to a different rail and I have not seen it running erratically or turning off since then.
I have not experienced any common signs of PSU failing like Cold Boot issues, BSODs, freezes, restarts, noise, or smoke/burning smell at all.
So what could be the problem? FAN, FAN header or PSU? I have ordered Artic P14 PWM to rule out the fan but need confirmation.
AMD FX-6300
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard
Corsair VS550 PSU
Carbide Spec 02 Cabinet
Deepcool UF120 Front Case Fan on SYS_FAN header of motherboard.
Arctic F12 Silent Rear Case Fan directly to Molex.
Last day, my temperatures of both GPU and CPU went higher than expected after a gaming session. So i checked HWINFO and saw my front Case Fan was jumping between millions of rpm erratically. This has not happened till the last day. Today morning, I powered my system and this fan didn't turn on at all. HWINFO showed no fan on SYS_FAN. After a reboot, the fan got detected and turned on. BIOS has only 2 options to turn Smart Control on SYS_FAN on and off. That's about it.
But, why I suspect PSU as a potential issue because a few months ago my rear case fan was stopping in middle as well. This fan would slow down erratically and would eventually turn off.
At that time I changed the Molex adapter but the problem didn't solve. Then I attached it to a different rail and I have not seen it running erratically or turning off since then.
I have not experienced any common signs of PSU failing like Cold Boot issues, BSODs, freezes, restarts, noise, or smoke/burning smell at all.
So what could be the problem? FAN, FAN header or PSU? I have ordered Artic P14 PWM to rule out the fan but need confirmation.
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