Fan runs too much i think and memory issue

hi.,I have a gateway gt4016, amd athlon (tm) 64 processor, 3700+ 2.21 GHZ,896 mg of ram
My fan seems to run very often even when its in sleep mode. Also it gets very sluggish at times. i don't have anything running in background, i don't think and when i try to download a video to attach to email it takes forever. Do you know if more memory would help any of this or make things go faster and not sluggish. i have dsl with comcast.

Hi there I have the exact same computer as you do. I have it maxxed out on memory (4GB) and I have upgraded the graphics card. Mine ran fine new and after I added the graphics card I noticed the fan ran alot more. I think that is because the graphics card generates alot more heat. When I added the memory everything was much quicker but the fans were the same. It will speed up as you put more demand on the machine. So if you are playing games or doing anything graphic intensive it will cause the fans to speed up. Be sure to have the insides blown out at least once a year and if you have pets at least twice a year. You see dust and pet fur will get inside and settle on components causing them to run hotter and thus the cooling fans will come on alot more to try to keep things cool. Also the fan on the back side up near the top will collect dust and hair, so you need to clean it off once in a while. Mine has been a good machine and never failed as far as hardware goes. Hope this helps you out. Post back and let me know what you find out.
Bob

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