Re: cpu fan not working
- From: chris <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:52:28 GMT
On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 16:42:31 +0100, "JohnJAdamson"
<duelly17@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi
>I've had a computer for around 6 months now and it has seen much heavy use
>but has been very stable.
>Anyway about 2 weeks ago it crashed with a blue stop screen. I hoped that it
>was a one off freak event but it crashed again yesterday.
>I took the back off and noticed that the CPU fan wasn't working. It's power
>lead is connected into the motherboard. There are 2 other 3 pin connectors
>on the motherboard for other fans so I tried it in those with no success. I
>happen to have a spare fan which I tried but which also didn't work. Which
>lead me to believe there might be something wrong with the motherboard. I
>used a volt meter to measure the voltage across the red and black pins and
>it came with around 4.5 volts.
>Am I right in thinking the fan needs 12v to work?
>
>I haven't got any wires to connect the fan to a battery to test it. But the
>fact that another fan didn't works leads me to suspect that the fans are
>alright.
>
>So has anyone got any advice regarding what might be amiss and what
>components I should buy. I've had a look using Goolge and the Power Supply
>Unit (PSU) keeps coming up as a possible culprit.
>Thanks
>
You can try inside your bios under power management and see if there's
an on\off,I'd just hard wire as suggested.
C.
.
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