I was wondering if someone could help me with the following computer issue:
My wife has a Compaq Pressario V2000 that has always had a small issue with the fan. Due to some design flaw, the heat sink clogs with dust every 6 months or so. One can tell when it gets clogged because the fan runs at high speed non-stop. This is not the problem, I just take out the fan and heat sink and blow it out with some compressed air.
The problem is that this time, after doing this process, the fan now is rather loud. Sometimes it quiets down, but it is usually quite loud. I ran a temperature monitoring program and it shows that the CPU temp is fine (also the fan does shut off). I can't seem to find any program that will show the actual fan speed.
I have never had first row seats to the death of a fan.
Does this seem like the fan is going or is it something else?
Thanks for any replies.