Typically, CPU fan noises are heard when you reboot your PC (the whirring sound you may have heard upon startup) and it goes on to decline as the startup process completes. The purpose of fans on ...

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A motor-driven fan that is part of the computer case. Contrast with fans that are attached to the CPU or graphics chips. See fan and CPU cooler. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.