fans fluctuating speeds?

[betar]

Hello, I will first start off with my specs

Motherboard - Gigabye GA-8ITX3
Graphic Card - Nvidia geforce 8800 256mb
CPU - Intel Pentium 4 3.0 ghz
Hard Drive - 80gb
RAM - 1gb pc3200 ddr

I have been noticing that when I am sometimes either

1. Multitasking lots of programs or
2. Playing video games (such as WoW or Starwars)

it sounds like my fans in my computer are speeding up and slowing down every couple minutes.  The computer does not lock up or shut down (knock on wood) but it is just something that has caught my attention..

Is this something I should be worried about or can I just play on without having any type of computer troubles? Any information would be useful.

AIM - Beetaar
Email - Email Removed by Zylstra

thanks.

[GX1_Man]

More activity causes more heat. More heat requires more fan power. How are your temps? You might google for speedfan to monitor with. 

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Yeah, Speedfan is a great program. It tells you how fast your fan is spinning, what temperature your mother board is and what temperature your hard drive is.

Does anyone know what is the recommended temperature is

[Liquidnitr0g3N]

If you're using the Nvidia driver package with your Geforce 8800, you should have the Nvidia Control Panel in your taskbar on the right. Most of the time if you look through your options in there you'll find one that will enable you to set the GPU fan to run at maximum speed all the time if you so wish.

I'm using a GeForce 7950 and mine has a habit of doing the same thing yours does if I have that option disabled. I don't want to give mine a chance of overheating at all so I make it run max speed always.

[patio]

Most newer MBoards have this feature built in...do you have the owner's manual for that board ? ?
If not you can probably DLoad it from the manuf. website.

p.s. It's probably not a good idea to post an e-mail address in a public forum unless you are short of *censored* and phony Rolex watches...

[Raptor]

Try adjusting whatever type of technology is at work (Smart-fan, Q-fan, etc) in the BIOS to suit your needs. Or have it always run at max speed.

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