i3 2120 Stock HSF full speed on boot?

dneill2006

dneill2006

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Just finished building a HTPC.

I've noticed that on boot the i3 2120 Stock HSF seems to run at full speed for a few seconds after post.

After this it slows down to normal speed and is almost silent.

Is this normal behavior?

I've only ever used an after-market cooler so not used to the stock cooler. It's only for watching movies so would rather not have to buy an after-market cooler.
 
look in the bios and set cpu fan to voltage or pwm,it shouldnt do it then but on some boards its normal
 
wazza300 said:
look in the bios and set cpu fan to voltage or pwm,it shouldnt do it then but on some boards its normal
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It doesn't have either of those as an option. Just Q-Fan control which I've tried each setting (silent, normal, turbo) but the same happens.

And it only happens on a cold boot not when restarting.
 
i have an asus board it doesnt spin up fast like that but im using aftermarket cooler with some pwm controlled akasa apache fans,stock fan might do it
 
wazza300 said:
i have an asus board it doesnt spin up fast like that but im using aftermarket cooler with some pwm controlled akasa apache fans,stock fan might do it
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Yeah, my other Asus board with an aftermarket cooler doesn't do it. Might order a cheap cooler to replace it with.
 
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