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Loud CPU fan in my dad's old Dell Optiplex GX260 machine.

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Loud CPU fan in my dad's old Dell Optiplex GX260 machine.

26 Jun 2009 09:33AM

Hello.

Does anyone have any ideas why my father's old Dell Optiplex GX260 machine's CPU fan is loud in blowing (not loud as spinning)? We opened it up and found out it is from the CPU fan (the one with green plastic cover. We noticed the interior and fans don't look that dusty/dirty (amazed at that compared to my PCs after all these years).

I checked the CMOS to see if I could get fan readings or control, but didn't see one.

Any ideas? Do we need to replace it? Both PSU and CPU fans seem to be blowing fine. Just CPU fan is LOUD and blowing hard. And the room temperature isn't even hot which is weird! I wonder if this is related to the low voltage battery error in CMOS a few months ago (haven't seen it since then).

I told him not to take the CPU fan parts apart because he might make it worse. ;)

Thank you in advance. :)

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Re: Loud CPU fan in my dad's old Dell Optiplex GX260 machine.

08 Jul 2009 01:21PM

Right, but BIOS tells the Dell software to pop-up to tell me that in Windows 2000 SP4. Windows, itself, wouldn't do that unless there is a software to check Dell BIOS. I am looking for that software to disable/remove. I *KNOW* the readings are incorrect. I just need to make it shush.

And I also noticed the computer's date got resetted back to 2004 twice so far. Ugh, I think the replaced CMOS battery is bad or something. Sheesh, this darn old PC!

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