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malonn

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Registered: 2023-09-28

Posts: 52

CPU fan spins up when browsing web

I have have an issue with my CPU fan spinning up when I am browsing the web.  This happens frequently.  Once I close the browser (Brave: 1.63.174 Chromium: 122.0.6261.128), the fan slows down to a normal idle rate.  I have not noticed any spike in CPU usage.  I wonder if there is a controller issue?

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Funny0facer

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From: Germany

Registered: 2022-12-03

Posts: 159

Re: CPU fan spins up when browsing web

Did you also monitor the temperature of your CPU?
You typically can change the fan curves in the UEFI

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ewaller

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Re: CPU fan spins up when browsing web

Do we know it is the CPU fan and not the GPU fan?

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malonn

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Registered: 2023-09-28

Posts: 52

Re: CPU fan spins up when browsing web

No, I can't say I checked CPU temps—will have to install software, I think.
Fan curves are default.  I'll look into that too.
Thanks.

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ASRock B550 PG Velocita

malonn

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Registered: 2023-09-28

Posts: 52

Re: CPU fan spins up when browsing web

Do we know it is the CPU fan and not the GPU fan?

Yes.  No doubt about it.

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
XFX Swift Radeon RX 6800
16GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo
ASRock B550 PG Velocita