Cpu fan

[godinman]

Hi,

I've got a machine to fix and the only problem seems to be a knackered cpu fan, I tried shoving one which i had lying around but the bios comes up saying 'CPU Fan not working properly', this fan is the wrong size and overlapped the heatsink a fair bit. If i get one for the correct socket will my motherboard be happy? Or do I have to get the original one?

Cheers

 

[IAmATeaf]

Either you've plugged the fan into the wrong header on the mobo or the replacement fan doesn't have RPM sensing or the fan is powered via molex, which 1 is it

If the fan is spinning then there might be a BIOS option to disable this message, there was in my old Asus P4P800E-Dlx mobo as I ran the HSF fan via a molex connector.

 

[godinman]

I plugged the fan into the same place i took the old one out of and it was off another motherboard so i assume it has rpm sensing...I took your advice and tried to have a look in the bios, but it wouldn't let me as far as the bios so I put the old one back on (which was just noisy and a touch intermittant) and now thats doing the same thing. I be stuckout of the bios, think i should get a new fan or....?

Thanks