Fan runs all the time

[smitty31968]

I have an older gateway computer, the fan never shuts off, is there a setting to change this? Any help well appreciated. Smitty

[anonymez]

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[Chewy]

A noisy fan can be a sign of dying one, clean and if it doesn't quiet down,
replace.

[techreactor]

I have an older gateway computer, the fan never shuts off, is there a setting to change this? Any help well appreciated. Smitty

Check the BIOS, sometimes there is an option for keeping the fan "always on", which might be turned on.

[glen.co]

Hi
Check the settings in windows power management.
START>CONTROL PANEL>POWER CONTROLS>ADVANCE - for Win ME but this should be close for other version too.

[smitty31968]

I have windows 98...I have went into power management, can't find anything about fans. Any other suggestions? Thankyou Smitty

[Chewy]

Have you looked at the fan?

[smitty31968]

no, I have'nt, somebody told me the fan might have a switch for power save or something on it, but I will have to take cover off to get to it. Does that sound like an option? Smitty

[anonymez]

is the problem that its unusually loud (or malfunctioning), or that you just want to lower the power consumption?

did you try speedfan?

[techreactor]

Check the BIOS, sometimes there is an option for keeping the fan "always on", which might be turned on.

I meant the BIOS,

You can go into the BIOS by pressing a special key(you will be shown) when your PC boots up. for eg Just when the PC starts, watch the screen something like "Press F10(key) to enter BIOS" will be shown.

The control panel etc of windows wont help much here.

[rainyday]

relax, i have 1 cpu fan, 1 casing fan, 1 power supply fan,1 graphics card fan running all the time. too bad i cant turn them off 4 good.