Why do I hear my fans on when I am only using chrome?

Question

My old pc a dell e4300 never makes a sound when I am surfing the web. Right now, I can always hear the fans of my asus g73jh even when it is idle. Why is that?

Answer 1

have you ever cleaned the inside of your case? the fans are probably caked in dust and so the CPU and everything is heating up a lot and cant be cooled.



turn off the computer, remove the side panel, start cleaning.



Warnings>



1 Be careful when cleaning the PSU, this can hold a deadly charge, even when off and unplugged.



2, have some toothpicks or something at hand if you use a vacuum cleaner, place the tooth picks into the fans so they dont spin when cleaning them. letting the fans spin can damage them.



3, you may notice a loud buzzing when you clean out and then turn the computer on, this is due to the dust acting like a buffer absorbing the noise, the bearings in the fan that is buzzing have gone (bearings are little metal balls in the fan, one or more have worn and become smaller and so vibrating), the buzzing fans need to be replaced.

Answer 2

It just means that the system is getting hot. My laptop progressively increases its fan speeds just depending on how long it's been on simply because as time goes on, stuff gets hotter. When stuff gets hotter, the fans need to cool it. Nothing to worry about unless the computer burns you when you touch it.

Answer 3

it sounds like the processor could be working hard causing it to overheat which is why the fans turn on