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 ...

On the Toshiba Satellite, as with other laptops, the CPU fan cools the central processing unit. If the CPU overheats, the laptop shuts down. You can edit the CPU fan speed in the Windows 8 power ...

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 ...

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 ...

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% ...

It has been seen. The warning is usually triggered when you turn on your PC. As such, the fan error occurs before Windows 11/10 OS boots and is probably caused by ...

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 ...

To check computer speed boost clocks, use CPU-Z (Windows) or Intel Power Gadget (Mac). This article explains how to check the base clock speed and computer speed boost clocks on Windows and Mac ...

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 ...

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 ...