hm. i feel nothing when i put my hand over the cpu fan. that's not good, if it should be blowing away. i tried a reenactment. i had a fan blowing right toward me, and i lit a flame torch. sure enough, i got hot. note to self - point fan away. ok kidding, but why the hell is my fan not blowing the air away from the chip? not like i can put the damn thing in upside down, can i? maybe my hs/fan was made by the intel short bus team.