Hi,
I have Dell T-7500 workstation that I bought in 2012. It is out of warranty.
I run 12 Monitors using 3 ATI Fire Pro 2460 Low profile fanles cards without any problems for 5 years.
Today, I ran into a problem & it is the Front Large fan that sits on top of another smaller fan.
It sucks the air from front of system & blows it in. It pretty much throws air on the 3 video cards.
It started making loud noise so opened he side cover & found out it runs almost at 2 to 3 times normal speed.
(1) I turned up my office air conditioner just to make sure the system is not heating up.
(2) I also took out the side cover so system is open so it gets more air.
(3) I blew air to that fan using an air blower to clean it out.
It quieted down to normal for 2 to 3 Hrs. but then problem started again.
(4) So I took out top video card & then second video card but that did not help.
(5) I have 4 HDDs so I stopped power to 3 of them leaving only one but that did not help.
Kindly help.
What will happen if I run the system with that problem fan ?
Thank You