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Why does my heatsink fan sound like its revving up like an engine?

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Ok so I just built my computer the other day and I am using the i7 970 bloomfield proccessor. THe heatsink that sits over the chip is roaring up and down like you are revving an engine and doesnt seem to be stopping and has been doing this for a day now. any solutions or ideas?

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Check for a BIOS update.

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