General Discussions

[Glaf]

 I have Asus Dual 6600 The temp never reaches above 62-63, but once it is used above 70W of power draw the fan goes full speed! is it normal?

[goodplay]

Did you ask on the asus support forum as to how they set the fan curve?

[Vynski]

Are you running Ryzen Master and overclocking.  I noticed that while testing my Radeon 5 5600 CPU after I installed it.  I just reset everything to default and the problem went away.  I'm 50% deaf and the fan noise was bugging me. LOL

[elstaci]

@Vynski 

Join the club, I am also 50% hearing impaired according to the VA.

[Vynski]

Glad to meet another Vet.  What branch?

Do you suppose it might have something to do with the big guns.

Navy here, 1968-71.  Joined the Navy to avoid going to Vietnam.  Guess where they send me?  At least I wasn't on the land like my older brother, brother-in-law, and several friends.  For a period of time I was 1st loader and range finder on a quad 3" 50 mount.  Worse than the blast from the powder were those brass casings clanging around on a steel deck, and there were plenty of casings ejected by those guns.  Another instance was when we returned from our tour we went into dry dock for upgrades, etc.  Prior to doing that we had to take inventory and I was in the paint locker performing that task.  I learned latter that they had to drop anchor to avoid ramming the pier,  and the paint locker is between the two chain lockers.  I guess the closest analogy would be to stick your head inside a large bell and have some banging the clapper like crazy. LOL 

[elstaci]

Joined the Marine corp in 1972, ten days after graduating from High school went directly to boot camp.

Was in Marine Corp Air Division as a F4-J Electrician which after four years around extremely powerful and noisy jet engines permanently damaged my hearing. The hearing defect didn't show up until I was in my late 40's when I first had a hearing test done. Found out at that time I needed hearing aids for both ears. In my 50's I applied for VA disability.

Was stationed at several Naval Air bases in the US while being trained as a jet electrician. That was where I first learned to troubleshoot.

NOTE: Many times after replacing a component i needed to check it out while the jet engine was at 100% or on Afterburner on the ground underneath the plane. With both engines at 100% or on Afterburner, while it is cool as hell to watch, it was extremely loud even with proper hearing dampening sets on. The whole ground would be vibrating like during a minor earthquake.

[Vynski]

Impressive.  I'm going to assume you like reading.  A couple of books that you might find interesting:

1. "One Square Mile Of Hell"  The battle of TARAWA
2. "Ghost Soldiers"  The return to Luzon

Both WWII history.  The first I think you will really enjoy as a Marine.

[elstaci]

I will look into it. Thanks.

Kingfish is also a former Marine here at AMD Forums.

[Vynski]

I was just thinking of an experience at sea.  We had just finished servicing an aircraft carrier and they immediately began launching, I guess F4's.  I was in the process of securing the bottled gas cylinders when I turned and saw one of these jets, not 50 ft. off the water coming at us on the starboard side.  When he came he hit the afterburners and shot up at about a 60 degree slope.  He was so close that the thrust from that laid every one of those cylinders over and left me shaking my fist at him.  Now, every time I think of that I laugh.

Here's another one.  My youngest son spent 6 years in the USAF.  Graduated college with an economics degree and was hoping to get commissioned, but that never happened.  Now you need to understand that in high school this young man had a 4.28 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Yeh.  Mechanically inclined he was not. lol  He tried air controller for a while and couldn't take the stress.  Eventually he ended up working on the braking systems of F22, F35.  Keep in mind now he was not mechanically inclined when he joined.  I guess training is everything isn't it.

[elstaci]

I am really surprised your son wasn't commissioned as an USAF Officer with his educational background. I am sure there are many commissioned Air Force positions for Finances that he should have qualified for.

Hopefully the noise dampening equipment the Air Force uses is better now then when it was when I was in the Military. Otherwise your son, working around those very noisy jet engines, may end up with permanent hearing loss that may not show up for several years after he left the Air Force.

Yes, when a F4-J Phantom goes into Afterburner it isn't much different than seeing a rocket engine when it is on.  I mean the fire ball behind both engines while in Afterburner status is several feet long. Looks the same as the fireball from a rocket engine. It is quite impressive to say the least. But it does burn fuel at a phenomenal rate.