please help!! no cpu fan?

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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:confused: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!! ****
 
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sorry should have said, its the stock intel fan...

i think ive found out its a problem with the ram...

basically, on this mobo (the gigabyte ga-p35-ds3l), the cpu fan does not kick in till AFTER post, 1 beep.

for some reason it does not like all 4 ram slots being populated, perhaps why the last person who built it, just left the ram sticks poking out.... lol... not very professional

i checked cpu-z and told my dad it was ruinning like a pile of **** because he only has 2 gigs of ram... he was a bit confused when i said actually he HAS 4gbs, just not plugged in.
I trusted cpu-z and bought 2gbs more new stuff.... whoops
 
any idea why it wont post with 4 ram slots populated? all 4gbs (4x1gb) are the same.... corsair xms2, 800mhz, 5-5-5-12, 1gb, xms2-6400

some of the longers numbers are diffferent, but i assume this is normal... some sort of batch numbers?
 
t31os said:
Tried a bios reset? Are the operating voltages the same? (should say on the sticks) and the timings?

Different operating voltages might be an issue, timings not so much(you can relax the timings to accomodate the slower sticks).

You could try bringing the memory speed down to see if an underclock provides more stability/compatibility...

P.S. If it's easier, list the part numbers for the different modules here and i'll go have a look for you.
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right im not sure which are the part numbers, but ALL 4x1gb sticks say...

cm2x1024 - 6400, 5-5-5-12, 800mhz,
1024mb, xs2 6400
1.9v ver 7.3

then the first ((7) digit no here is the only one thats diff in each stick, as below), the (8) digit is the same in each module
1163967 - 08130828
" 76
" 68
" 65
 
the two new sticks ive bought are different in that;

stick 1 says "xms6405v5.1"
stick 2 says "1.90v ver 5.2"

and...

stick 1 says "623454 - 07310877-0"
stick 2 says "1226535 - 08150002"
 
tried to install vista just now (so i can use the windows 7 upgrade CD), with all 4 sticks, as it POSTed ok, but windows restarted after 5 mins, and then wouldnt POST, so took the extra two DIMMs... eventually started to POST again...

when i took them out, they felt quite hot to the touch, normal for 1.9v DIMMs?
 
hmm, yeah ill try installing vista now then with just 3 dimms, hopwfully wont mess up on windows install again. i gotta do windows 7 upgrade yet. Arg. cursing my dad for not buying the full retail version now!
 
arg now it keeps hanging on the bit where you enter the cd key... really somehthing not right with this pc...

could it be that i enabled AHCI mode in the bios? i thought this was needed for SSDs, shall i turn it off? its making boot up quite slow, waiting for "enabling AHCI mode" each time?

will that make a difference? only a sata2 (3gb/s) mobo i think...
 
t31os said:
Start with the basics mate, you can boot and install on a single stick of ram. Put memory voltage on auto with one stick, get things stable, installed and work from there.

Might actually help to test each stick individually also, maybe there's a dud stick in there causing a problem.

I'm heading to bed now, best of luck with the problem solving matey..
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cheers man, thanks a lot.

trying with one stick now, managed to get both vista and now 7 installed, but getting random freezing... not sure if thats anything to do with memory... usually get a bsod from windows with memory issues? ill figure it out, thanks for all your help dude. night
 
cheers man, i have it on cd somewhere. Its posting fine with 1 stick or 4 sticks now... im not sure if the problem is ram related, but ill try memtest anyway...
-even with one stick in, i still get the momentary hanging/freezing...

what happens is the mouse pointer still moves around, but clicks do nothing... sometimes they do, the desired window will open, then again, clicks do nothing.
eventually, after a minute or so of many furious button presses or alt+ctrl+del, the system snaps back to normal.

should i make a new thread about how to fault test this issue? or do i just unplug everything, and start plugging things back in and see if i get an issue?

only things plugged in at the mo are SSD, 1 DIMM, CD, Sound card, GPU (ati 4850), wireless keyboard & mouse,....
pretty sure this is hardware related, as couldnt even install vista as same problem - it would hang as soon as the first screen (input cd key) came up.

any ideas guys??
 
thats what me and my dad thought, he said his pc was running slow (ridiculously slow), so i thought it was just his HDD almost giving up the ghost when i looked at it, as hdd was very noisy, so i said he would love an SSD...
ill show him what happens tonight to confirm if we had exactly the same hanging problem with his old hdd, or try it without the ssd yeah.

bios seems ok when ive been in there, havent tried safe mode yet, but did still get the hanging/freezing when installing windows... hhmmmmmmm
 
**update**
right spoke to my dad and something similar was happening before the upgrade, but his task bar would go completely greyed out? then hang for 5 mins, then be fine.

I can now replicate/rectify the problem easily - EVERY boot into w7 starts with taskbar not responsive. Desktop icons open their respective windows, but the windows themselves cannot be dragged/clicked.

can be rectified by pressing alt+ctrl+del. then, the "cancel" option is not clickable for about a second, then its fine, pc goes back into windows, acts perfectly.

*Tried*
>safe mode
>reducing memory speed to 667mhz (cannot see ANYWHERE how to set timings/volts)
>changing various BIOS settings (such as removed fine cpu clock ratio of +0.5, set perf enhance to standard)
>loaded fail-safe defaults (apart from keeping AHCI mode enabled)

*Will try soon*
>new ram i ordered, in 2 of 4 slots
>use mem test on all 4 dimms, in all 4 slots (downloading now)


THANKS FOR SUGGESTIONS GUYS, really appreciate it
 
two odd things ive noticed are the SSD (only hdd installed) appears as a removable drive in the bottom right of task bar (as if it were a usb stick you were safely going to 'unplug')

also, the heatsink on the motherboard is very hot, this normal with a core 2 duo e8500? the memory also feels hot to the touch, but i guess @ 1.9v, it would be? bios shows mem running at 1.890v.

hw monitor shows...
system = 38oc
cpu temp = 25oc
core temps = 35/34oc
 
unbelievable... i think it was the mouse/keyboard causing the lockups!!!

have tried exactly the same model, which is my current pc keyboard/mouse (as oppose to my old ones which i use for testing/setup of new pcs) and no lockups after startup as of yet... fingers crossed will not lock up though useage
 
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