CPU/GPU fan going crazy after fresh install

I recently installed an SSD and RAM, fresh Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit Ultimate install, all drivers installed and working great.

The fan on the right side of the laptop (while laptop is open and facing monitor) seems to not really know what to do in games. It'll spin up and down constantly and each time the fan speed will be different.

It never did that before I installed my SSD and RAM, all while running on my 7970M (confirmed by CPUID)

Is this because of the added heat being given off by the SSD or RAM? I replaced the 2 sticks of RAM (OEM 6Gb) w/Corsair 2x8Gb modules in the same exact spot where the OEM ones were.

I've installed all the drivers on my Alienware Resource CD and I can't see anywhere that's affecting my fan speed.

 

You might want to check http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...er-install-order-guide-alienware-systems.html
and make sure you've gotten everything on the checklist sorted out. I'm not quite familiar with your problem but this just may help.

There are also a couple of performance enhancement guides for SSD/HDDs if you search google. Overclock.net has a really good guide on it aswell.

 

I've done the SSD performance/enhancements, that's working great.

But the CPU fan (I figured out it was the CPU, not GPU fan) is the one that sounds like it's not quite sure what to do. I would really rather not re-install Windows 7 yet again.

I just want to know if this is normal behavior or if I'm just being paranoid?

 

Not normal. But this sounds like a Windows thing. Open up your resource monitor and see what might be using extra CPU, also monitor temps. My CPU fan acts very normal. A repaste will NOT fix this problem, likely.

 

Yeah I figured I'm putting around the same load I did before the upgrades, it shouldn't make that big a difference in fan speed/control.

Maybe a fresh install might be better.

Can't hurt to re-paste the CPU though.