2007-08-26 14:51:12 · 14 answers · asked by Nick Carter 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
In the old days of the Pentium 133 MHZ CPU's they often only had heatsinks on the CPU's. They got rather hot because the heat wasn't easily able to escape from the heatsink. The CPU fans work like the electric radiator fan in the car.
The fan draws cool air through the heatsink and helps pull the now heated air away from the heatsink causing it to cool.
2007-08-26 15:08:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cpu gets very hot. So they usually come with a heatsink and a fan to spread out the heat and the fan to cool it off.
2007-08-26 14:57:51 · answer #2 · answered by val_tyr 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
CPU fans are used to cool the processes heat sinks and evaporate the heat produced by the processor and cool the heat sink and processor
2007-08-27 10:10:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keeps the CPU from overheating and saving you the cost of getting a new processor and possibly motherboard.
2007-08-26 14:55:31 · answer #4 · answered by gambit13000@att.net 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It draws heat off the CPU and vents it into the cabinet so it can be dissipated. Without it your CPU would fry in just a few minutes.
2007-08-26 14:56:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
To cool the processor(actually it is not cooling only reduce the overheat) by sending out the hot air out. By this process the life of the processor is increased. So fan is not working repair it immediately.
2007-08-26 15:03:05 · answer #6 · answered by Nathan 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Without a fan it is called "fried CPU".
2007-08-26 14:55:09 · answer #7 · answered by sosguy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To cool the processor down and also to dissipate the heat which is produced....If it gets overheated, it can cause the PC to hang.....n also damage the motherboard n other components
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2007-08-26 17:18:27 · answer #8 · answered by Sridhar G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for cooling purpose we use cpu fan.
2007-08-26 18:46:46 · answer #9 · answered by kasi l 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To keep the processer cool.
2007-08-26 15:14:13 · answer #10 · answered by love all 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋