Omg *Bangs head* A true tail of stupidity

[Aedus]

So I looked on nTune and I was wondering to myself "I have a Zalman CPU fan yet my processor never idles below 45 degrees, WHY?"

My Zalman usually runs at about 2860 rpm to.

So today i was bored and thought "**** it i'll open my PC up and see if my Zalman is screwed"

So I take out the Zalman fan, look at it, it's fine, thought to myself "Hummmmmm " and put it in the opposite way round

Instantly my cpu temp dropped from 45 - 39 degrees and the RPM dropped from 2860 to 2777 on a hot day like this

The fan was trying to suck cold air in from the back exhaust fan! :laugh:

Lesson for everyone as stupid as me, make sure your fans are pointing the correct direction, it really helps :laugh: :yay:

[Sir. kaheiyeh]

A Tip: Always look on the side of the fan for an arrow indicating the direction of airflow.

I once had my front intake fan actually working as an exhaust for a while until I walked past and felt some air and I was like, eh? Air coming out?

[superj1337]

i had the exact same stupidity...just with 4 FANS at once

[.Gunfire]

YIKES 4 fans man how hot was ur pc runnin at

[AllFoamNoBeer]

Thank God laptops have air blowers which are implanted (Embedded?) :p

[looqas]

Sure thing. Has happened to me with one case fan. Although not by mistake but knowingly. It's better to blow into the case.