A CPU fan is more than just a fan. It is attached to CPU with power pins/wires and a sensor that tells it how fast to run. If the CPU is heating, the sensor will make the fan run faster. As such, the ...

Windows PCs and laptops require a dedicated fan to support heat dissipation. The fan helps keep the hardware cool and ensures it doesn’t overheat in any intensive work or task. During peak performance ...

Most newer computer motherboards are equipped with pulse-width modulation controllers that can be used to control the revolutions per minute of the internal cooling fans. Whether one of your business ...

My CPU fan is currently set in the bios as manual (PWM). it's set to roughly 90% of maximum speed right now which to me is the ideal balance between noise and cooling (cpu at 50 *C idle, 60 *C 100% ...

Many of the parts inside of your business computer generate a great deal of heat that gets removed by the cooling fans inside of its case. If the fans run slowly, they remove less heat but also make ...

This post is a quick sequel of my previous article jam-packed with my personal experiences and observations while I was fiddling with standard 4-wire PC cooling fans. Today I will be talking about the ...

Windows machines are complicated and that means there are thousands of potential issues that any user might encounter throughout his or her course of usage. For some people, software problems might ...

Constant spontaneous system restarts in WinXP led me to check the system temps (AthlonXP2000+) which were 69C CPU and 41C case. The CPU fan speed was ranging between 2100-2500 rpm. After leaving the ...

When you boot your Windows 11 or Windows 10-powered Dell computer, you may receive the Error Code 2000-0511. In this post, we will identify the potential causes, as ...

Testing Methodology: Setting up our test system was fairly straight forward. After setting up our hardware and installing Windows XP SP2, we began our testing. For this review, we compared Asetek's ...