hey guys been trying to service my dads PC and something very strange has happened... started it after after plugging in an ssd but the cpu fan is not spinning when connected to the cpu fan header.
stock intel cooler
gigabyte ga-p35-ds3l
it spins for half a second when powered on, and then half a second when turned off...
fan turns constantly when when plugged into a sys fan port.
gpu fans and sys fans come on, gets into bios with one stick of ram in, but how long can i run it like this for without damaging the CPU? amd chips fry in seconds, i know.
should the intel fan only come on when it gets hot, so not in bios?
so... pc was presumably working ok... THEN i did the following...
re seated ram (as 2 out of 4 sticks wasn't even in properly!),
unplugged HDD, plugged in SSD,
took out cooler + CPU,
cleaned cooler + CPU,
put cooler cpu/back in...
is there a chance i could have put the cpu in the wrong way? There was no ">" mark on the corner of the mobo but thought i remembered which way it goes back...
would it e
ven get to bios if cpu was in wrong?
***EDIT - Seems to be an issue with ram - cpu fan does not start until after successful post!! ****
stock intel cooler
gigabyte ga-p35-ds3l
it spins for half a second when powered on, and then half a second when turned off...
fan turns constantly when when plugged into a sys fan port.
gpu fans and sys fans come on, gets into bios with one stick of ram in, but how long can i run it like this for without damaging the CPU? amd chips fry in seconds, i know.
should the intel fan only come on when it gets hot, so not in bios?
so... pc was presumably working ok... THEN i did the following...
re seated ram (as 2 out of 4 sticks wasn't even in properly!),
unplugged HDD, plugged in SSD,
took out cooler + CPU,
cleaned cooler + CPU,
put cooler cpu/back in...
is there a chance i could have put the cpu in the wrong way? There was no ">" mark on the corner of the mobo but thought i remembered which way it goes back...
would it e

***EDIT - Seems to be an issue with ram - cpu fan does not start until after successful post!! ****
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