 | | My computer fan is kicking on high every few minutes, help! | | Dear CNET members,
Happy Friday! It's always wonderful to hear back from a member when I present their questions to the community. This week, Betsy, the original author of this week's Q&A about her fan kicking into high gear every few minutes, e-mailed me to thank you all for your suggestions and advice--give her note a read here. The part of her e-mail that I love most is "There are more helpful and caring people who read CNET than I would have ever imagined." This is all you folks, who are so willing to jump in and help another individual out in need, this shows a lot about your individual characters and I really appreciate all of you! And that's not all, Betsy, who goes under the CNET user name morninglory, is in this current discussion. She is actively reading your advice and replied to a few answers. Here's one of her posts. Betsy, I hope you continue to read on because it's always good to get your feedback so that our members can nail down a solution for you.
In the Q&A section, I have selected a few member solutions to get you all started to help identify some of the possibility of why a fan would kick into high gear intermittently. As with this type of issue, diagnosing the culprit is no walk in the park because the problem source can vary. The best advice I can give is to try the members' solutions--at least those you can easily do yourself--and if those don't work, seek help from friends or family or take it to a pro. There are a lot of great solutions, so please read through this week's discussion thoroughly to find out what could be going on in your machine. Thanks to all who contributed and have a great weekend!
Cheers!
- Lee
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Lee Koo
CNET Community manager |  | | Last week's question | | | My computer fan is kicking on high every few minutes, help!
 I am at my wit's end. I'm going to try and be concise and to the point. My HP Pavilion desktop (Windows XP SP3 Media Center edition) got a nasty virus, and the local shop wiped the hard drive and reinstalled it for $90 flat fee. It will never be as it was before the virus, but I expected that. The real problem is the computer's fan; it kicks on high every few minutes and then goes back to normal speed. There is no dust or dirt inside the case and the fans are clean. I took it to another tech who reset the CMOS and didn't charge me anything. The fan never kicked up on high when it was in his shop, but when I got home it started up again. It's like when you call the TV repairman and it works perfectly while he's at your house. I have run all my scans, virus, spyware, malware, etc. Everything is clean. I don't use my computer for any work, just e-mail, news, a few online games and general stuff (no Facebook, Twitter, adult sites). I just hope it's not the processor and I've never had this symptom before. Thanks for any help at all.
-- Submitted by: Betsy in North Carolina | | | |  |
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