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Anonymous
July 11, 2020
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Aaaaargh!!! My CPU Fan Has Died!!!

My electricity ran out so my power was cut. Went to the shop to put money on my key, bunged it in the meter. Power back on. Turned on my PC and it stopped mid-boot saying the CPU fan was buggered.

Tried bunging it in the Opt Fan socket but does the same thing. Starts spinning then speeds up and slows down.

Bloody thing.

Going to get myself a Noctua D15 I think, should have done that when I built my machine instead of going for a Cooler Master 212 Evo.

Oh well, there goes 80 quids worth of my Yaw VR Motion Simulator ???

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    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2
    Honored Contributor
    July 11, 2020

    snowdog said:

    Yup, I reckon so. If the CPU itself was borked I don't think it would POST.

    Thanks for the offer though. ?

    Am now running on a spare old laptop that my Mum gave to me when she bought a new one. Not powerful enough for VR but is fine for watching YouTube and Netflix and stuff on until tomorrow.

    If the CPU is fried I guess it gives me an excuse to switch from Intel to AMD, even if it means I'll need to postpone my Yaw VR Motion Simulator purchase to later next year. ?


    Cpus are typically hard to kill, I'd be surprised if anything happened to your cpu. I might worry about the mainboard ;) - then again, you'll probably be fine with a new fan. 
    Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
    Digikid1
    Honored Contributor
    July 12, 2020
    Hey now.  You DON'T diss the Evo coolers.  I use them in my builds and have not had a single issue yet with them.  They are a good cooler.
    Mushroomies
    Inspiring
    July 12, 2020
    Myself and my friends are sorry to hear about the passing of your CPU Fan, Our hearts go out to you. We would like to attend the services and would like to know what funeral home to send the flowers. Please let us know when the services will be held, RIP CPU Fan.  :'(
    Anonymous
    July 12, 2020

    Digikid1 said:

    Hey now.  You DON'T diss the Evo coolers.  I use them in my builds and have not had a single issue yet with them.  They are a good cooler.



    They're a good BUDGET cooler. The D15 is a high end cooler, and you get what you pay for.
    Digikid1
    Honored Contributor
    July 12, 2020

    snowdog said:


    Digikid1 said:

    Hey now.  You DON'T diss the Evo coolers.  I use them in my builds and have not had a single issue yet with them.  They are a good cooler.



    They're a good BUDGET cooler. The D15 is a high end cooler, and you get what you pay for.



    With the ugliest....but BEST fans on the market.  :D
    Anonymous
    July 13, 2020

    Digikid1 said:


    snowdog said:


    Digikid1 said:

    Hey now.  You DON'T diss the Evo coolers.  I use them in my builds and have not had a single issue yet with them.  They are a good cooler.



    They're a good BUDGET cooler. The D15 is a high end cooler, and you get what you pay for.



    With the ugliest....but BEST fans on the market.  :D


    Yup ?

    Not sure about the temps with my 212 Evo but my D15 is 26-28 idle and 57-59 when mining.

    I might knock my mining on the head now, that's probably what killed my fan I reckon ???

    I always felt nervous about not using Noctua, their air cooling is a bit mental...I keep on expecting to see a goat's head instead of an owl as their logo ??
    Fazz
    Honored Contributor
    July 13, 2020
    My Noctua D 15 is so big, I thought it might snap my motherboard when I placed my Pc tower upright.
    Anonymous
    July 13, 2020

    RedRizla said:

    My Noctua D 15 is so big, I thought it might snap my motherboard when I placed my Pc tower upright.



    It's actually surprisingly light. I can't remember which Noctua cooler I had in my last rig but it weighed A TON. :o
    LoneEcho
    LoneEcho
    Inspiring
    July 13, 2020
    You do know that if the fan on CPU cooler dies, you just buy a new fan, don't you? You don't need to replace the entire cooler.
    Anonymous
    July 13, 2020
    I miss my noc - but at the same time my AIO is doing pretty good as the daily driver. The only thing I would say is that AIOs are not for over clocking though witch is something I do all the time. At least they're not great at moving super fast heating devices where a solid cooler does best at I feel. 
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