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Lorenzo60
09-24-2009, 02:19 AM
Hi - I hope someone can help me ... for the last few days my power supply has been 'activating' about every 5 minutes (like when the PC boots up)... it did not do this before ... I have opened the case and blown out the dust using compressed air ... and it is still happening ... apart from the fact it is annoying (noisy) for the 15 seconds that it happens I am scared that it is going to do damage to my PC (so I have made a backup of everything on my external HDD... any ideas gratefully received ... Lorenzo from New Zealand ...

Paul Komski
09-24-2009, 04:45 AM
It'll be the CPU fan rather than the PSU I suspect.

What temps are showing, if any, in the BIOS setup?

123456
09-24-2009, 09:15 AM
You can use Speedfan as well. http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

It'll show you your mobo, CPU, and hd temps as well as your fan speeds.