On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 13:15:14, Paul wrote:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 00:27:18, Paul wrote:
AK wrote:
My computer was doing an image save of my hard drive to a second
hard drive. (Gparted)
I have done that many times.
But I heard some unusual sounds coming from my computer case.
So I took off one of the side panels and could feel some heat that
seemed uncharacteristically high.
I put a thermometer in and it read around 100 degrees F.
After the process, the temp went to around 80 degrees.
80-100 *F* I don't think would worry me that much.

Do I need to be concerned?

The _impression_ given was that it was different from what AK had been
used to, though he didn't actually say that for sure.
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As such, I'd suspect - rather than a design fault - that something has
changed. I'd say most likely a filter, vent, or fan itself being
partially clogged; next probability an actually failing fan (possibly
caused by overloading due to partial blockage); then (and a long way
down), a failure in fan _controlling_ hardware/software.

It'd be good to look at the temperature sensors (with speedfan or
similar), at idle and while doing various things; however, unless what
these have been saying for some time is known, it'll be less useful -
and most people _don't_ think to look at these (or lots of other
parameters!) when things aren't going wrong.
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