Hi, everyone... Let me tell you my specs before I begin explaining my problem 
Windows XP Home Edition
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E6420
Motherboard - Intel Corp. DP965LT
Video - GeForce 8600 GT
Ram - 4 gigs
Ok... So here's my problem... I'm wanting to overclock my cpu, but I checked out the temperatures of everything, and it looks like everything is running too hot. When it's just idling it sits around 60 degrees celcius, then when I play a game like Bioshock it'll shoot up to around 90. I checked my fan speed and it's usually around 1930 rpm (never goes above 1980 or so), and it's capable of going to 8000 rpm. So, I went to the BIO settings and tried to fix it (btw, I have upgraded to the latest version of BIO settings that I could find). I went to the Fan Control settings and there were 3 different things I could change: Processor Zone Response (Aggressive, Normal, Slow); Processor Zone Damping (High, Normal); Automatic Fan Detection (Next Boot, Disable, Always). I've played around with those settings and nothing seems to speed up the fan. Then, I went to the (I think it's called this) Hardware Monitor settings, and everything was locked so I couldn't manually change the settings that way. I have used SpeedFan and for some reason it will not change anything. I don't think it can edit nor view most things, because when it's doing that little startup detection process, all of the addresses (ex: $2D, $49) are all "write only".
I have searched all through Google and nothing seems to work for me. I'm really not wanting to have to buy a new fan. Does anyone have any clue what to do? Maybe if you know how to unlock the Hardware Monitor settings or anything else?
I did read on the Intel site that once you update your BIO settings (which I did), you are not allowed to change the fan speed. It said that it will stay at 19somethin RPM until the cpu temp. reaches 75 degrees celcius, which tells me that the fan should then speed up; but my fan never sped up...
Windows XP Home Edition
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E6420
Motherboard - Intel Corp. DP965LT
Video - GeForce 8600 GT
Ram - 4 gigs
Ok... So here's my problem... I'm wanting to overclock my cpu, but I checked out the temperatures of everything, and it looks like everything is running too hot. When it's just idling it sits around 60 degrees celcius, then when I play a game like Bioshock it'll shoot up to around 90. I checked my fan speed and it's usually around 1930 rpm (never goes above 1980 or so), and it's capable of going to 8000 rpm. So, I went to the BIO settings and tried to fix it (btw, I have upgraded to the latest version of BIO settings that I could find). I went to the Fan Control settings and there were 3 different things I could change: Processor Zone Response (Aggressive, Normal, Slow); Processor Zone Damping (High, Normal); Automatic Fan Detection (Next Boot, Disable, Always). I've played around with those settings and nothing seems to speed up the fan. Then, I went to the (I think it's called this) Hardware Monitor settings, and everything was locked so I couldn't manually change the settings that way. I have used SpeedFan and for some reason it will not change anything. I don't think it can edit nor view most things, because when it's doing that little startup detection process, all of the addresses (ex: $2D, $49) are all "write only".
I have searched all through Google and nothing seems to work for me. I'm really not wanting to have to buy a new fan. Does anyone have any clue what to do? Maybe if you know how to unlock the Hardware Monitor settings or anything else?
I did read on the Intel site that once you update your BIO settings (which I did), you are not allowed to change the fan speed. It said that it will stay at 19somethin RPM until the cpu temp. reaches 75 degrees celcius, which tells me that the fan should then speed up; but my fan never sped up...
