pc fan goes crazy when running scans

Morning to all

I have tried and tried to enter bios at start up but all i get is a quick flash with a load of writing on a black screen and i have no chance to take it in and what key to hit.

I am thinking of getting in touch with the shop it came from! Please would you tell me what i should say to these people so i dont look like a fool.

MANY, MANY THANKS,

Sean.

 

Try tapping the F1, F2 and Delete keys rapidly as soon as the first screen appears. Alternative...tap the Pause key. You can go one screen at a time by tapping the Pause and Enter keys alternately.

They should have supplied a motherboard manual with the system, it will tell you how at the start of the BIOS Settings section.

Been there, done that

Matt

 

If all else fails when trying to get into the BIOS, replace your USB keyboard with a PS/2 keyboard. Assuming you find the right key, you should definitely be able to get into the bios.

 

Sorry about the delay in getting back......3 kid's fighting for the pc!
I found this...bottom of post using everest (Overclock) hope it helps out.

I am building up to having a go at getting into the bios

Thats really now my only worry that i wouldent be able to get our pc back to normal. Petec you say f10 would save and exit, please would you tell me where it would save and would it then exit and then start up as normal?
I bet you think im a right numpty

BIOS Properties:
Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version 6.00 PG
Release Date 09/19/2006
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, PnP
Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, AGP, USB



BIOS Properties:
System BIOS Date 09/19/06
Video BIOS Date 09/08/06
Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Award BIOS Message W7255M7 V1.0A 091906 19:00:00 DIXONSXP
DMI BIOS Version 6.00 PG

MANY THANKS to everyone for putting up with me,
Sean.

Ps, Avg free antivirus scans (full) ok with no fan madness.

 

Thanks PeteC for your kind words.

Now that gives my heart a rest and i could have a go at entering the bios state mate.

Please stick with me as im going out in a while for a good old session with my mates after a hard week at work and my printer is out of ink, i want to print out those screenshots/instructions so i can follow your step by step excellent instuctions to the letter ill have to take em to work monday on my data stick and print them off......... hope thats ok with you?

Thanks and good luck to you all,

Sean.

 

Oh, oh
Several hours later, (according to the local town crier)

 

Good morning to you.
Got a good headache this morning and feel like death chaps

Right here we go, i went in to bios following your fine instructions (saved them to my sons laptop) but at the top of the screen there was no power or anything else to highlight only this:- Phoenix - award bios cmos set up utilility.further down i get these options:-

standard cmos features
advanced bios features
advanced chipset features
integrated peripherals
power management set up (when entered just these options- Ac loss auto restart= OFF, +Wake up event detect (press enter)

i entered all of them and still couldent see anything to do with hardware monitor?

so i thought id better get in touch with you for your good advice.

I need some paracetamol and fruit juice!!!
Cheers chaps,
Sean.

 

I am using Phoenix award BIOS v6.00PG. I am guessing that your setup, main menu, looks more like mine. My main menu is split into a left panel and a right panel.

The left panel has;
standard cmos features
advanced bios features
advanced chipset features
integrated peripherals
power management setup
PnP/PCI configuration

The right panel has;
H/W monitor
Cell menu
Load optimized defaults
BIOS setting password
Save and exit setup
Exit without saving

If yours is like mine, then use the cursor movement keys to get over to 'H/W monitor' on the right panel. Highlight it, then hit the enter key. On the next screen, select Pchealth status to see your voltages.

Gordon

 

Good morning Gordon.

Thanks for trying to help, when i went into my bios just now in the right hand panel all i get are these options:-

Load optimized defaults
set supervisor passwords
save+exit set up
exit without saving

Thanks again,

Sean.

 

THANKS PeteC,and everyone else who has helped me on this matter

If i should phone up the place where i purchased this pc please could you tell me what i should say to them so i dont look a complete novice and they try to fob me off because even when i open two windows the fan kicks off!

Spot on mate

, yes untill christmas

All in all this has been an interesting/worthwhile leanring experience (BIOS)

Cheers and good luck to all,
Sean.

 

Good morning Pete.

My daughter was on the pc last night when she had two windows open youtube/???? when the fan kicked in, she is still asleep and ill be gone to work when she gets up so ill get her to go on whatever she was looking at and post the everest sensor readings tonight if thats ok.

This morning i have run spybot s&d (Nothing found) as i know this always sets the fan off and these are the readings from everest sensor:-

Sensor Properties:
Sensor Type Winbond W83647HF (ISA 290h)

Temperatures:
Motherboard 40 °C (104 °F)
CPU 57 °C (135 °F)
Aux 48 °C (118 °F)
Seagate ST3320820AS 39 °C (102 °F)

Cooling Fans:
CPU 3516 RPM

Also i had task manager open and watched the memory usage slowly creep up to 29'688 kb when the fan kicked in at that point.

Dont know if this helps mate?

As for the fan/fans at the back of my pc if its ok ill have a good look later because like i said................work and i have to pull out the desk and mess about i really dont want to rush it.

MANY THANKS,
Sean.

 

Good Morning Petec.

I was banned from using the pc last night as my wife is researching her family history and helping to build a new web site all about the local history around hear where we live, so sorry for not getting back to you sooner.

The tower is inside a computer desk which is open at the back more or less on the floor in the kitchen. we are going to move it onto the desk top so i can clean the dust and produce a better air flow around the tower to see if this helps, as it is now its a real pain to get to clean the grills

Please stick with me as the pc is always booked up hear at our house, ill let you know how i get on as soon as ive done the above.

THANKS,
Sean

 

I am not sure this is an Intel based motherboard. I typed "Intel fan speed" into a websearch and first three hits were these:
http://au.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGk5...el/reseller/emea/spa/tech_reference/99346.htm
http://au.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGk5.../support/processors/pentium4/sb/cs-007999.htm
http://au.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGk5...om/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/216412.htm
I know Intel Thermal Management causes the fan to "kick in" (and maybe when unexpected).

Located in the kitchen, there will be airborne oil molecules, these will coat cooling equipment like heatsinks and could cause fan bearings to "gum up ".

You should be able to find a "quiet" or "silent" fan for the CPU.

I could not really understand "Thermal Management" when it scares the heck out of the user.

From 32*C to 57*C, your CPU is starting to do a lot of work, maybe background programs are causing a lot of CPU usage (background programs seem to grow without our knowledge )

Matt