Almost Had A Heart Attack

[00obrimw]

Well I just turned on my computer and I was just looking through the window in the case and suddenly near the end of all the bios stuff loading the cpu fan turned off and stayed off until I got to my windows desktop! I've never noticed this before, is it normal? This shouldn't be a hard one to answer but I would be relieved if someone could confirm this is normal.

 

[CheesePoofs]

What is yoru computer?

Many systems have features where the fan is turned off until the CPU reaches a certain temp; mine does.

 

[00obrimw]

I'm pretty sure it's normal but I've just never noticed it before.

Computer:
AMD Athlon 64 3200 (939)
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 (nForce 4 Ultra)
1024 MB Kingmax DDR400
Gigabyte 6600 GT
Seagate 160GB SATA HDD
Audigy 2 ZS

 

[sniperruff]

pretty weird if you ask me. that is why you shouldn't buy a case with window.

 

[imported_Kensai]

It's Smart Fan.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: Kensai
It's Smart Fan.

:thumbsup:

 

[kyparrish]

my panaflo doesn't really start spinning until windows starts to load

 

[PurdueRy]

Cool and quiet

 

[00obrimw]

Thanks for the replies, I figured it was something like smart fan and my room was kinda cold when I turned the comp on so that might be why I hadn't seen it before. It's not because of cool and quiet though, I haven't got around to setting that up yet

 

[modedepe]

Same thing happened to me before. I was pretty surprised to see the fan not turning.

 

[lenjack]

If it's the fan on the cpu heatsink, I think (not positive) it should be running even from a cold startup, although it may do so at a reduced speed.

 

[0roo0roo]

feature of a64 m/b..some.

 

[00obrimw]

Today when I turned on my computer the cpu fan stayed off for at least a minute, maybe 2 until it kicked in. I had IE open and stuff while the fan wasn't spinning. Must be because it's quite cold in my room these days, getting into winter.