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    Question about installing the latest DirectX

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mobilezila, Jul 28, 2010.

  1. mobilezila

    mobilezila Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    I read some people who recommended installing the latest DirectX drivers, and so I did.

    Download details: DirectX End-User Runtime

    After installing, I am not sure if I am imagining it, but my fans seem to be alittle more audible now. I do not remember noticing my fans much before the update, but it may just be my imagination....Its still pretty quiet when I am not doing anything GPU intensive like web surfing, but still I seem to notice it more?

    Did anyone who installed the latest DirectX drivers notice this? Or can we confirm it's just my imagination. :eek:

    I wanted to test it by doing a system restore to unstall the drivers, but system restore does not seem to work unintalling the drivers and gives an error...
     
    mobilezila, Jul 28, 2010
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  2. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    It should be your wild imagination. Installing DirectX update increases the CPU usage, so the fan might have ramped up.
     
    coolguy, Jul 28, 2010
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