IronManForever
IronMan; Ready to Roll...
Speed reduction can also be due to accumulation of dust and debris over time.
Well to be true. I just cleaned the fan but no help.
Added: I removed the thermal compound that existed. My-My, the layer was too thick, never checked since I bought my PC 3+ years ago. I just bought some local thermal compound (Things like Artic Silver are hard to get here), applied a pretty thin but enough layer evnly with my debit card, and put it back. And lo, I am enjoying almost 10°C lower.
Sheesh twas so small a problem; sorry for taking your time guys.
But the problem still persists. The fan RPM is roughly the same; was the same when temps used to be 65, are now same when there are around 50. WTF?? I do seriously think that the RPM was max 2800-3000 for my fan; otherwise its insane never to increase from that value even when temps were dangerously high. Might have to get it replaced. Anyway thanks Guys.
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