Startup error

Post by **Garry Russell** » 07 Sep 2006, 20:01

Thanks Dave

I think I will ring them tomorrow now I can tell tyhem what it is so that they can't try it on.and see what happens.

Garry

Post by **Garry Russell** » 07 Sep 2006, 20:12

I just bew the dust out as best I could

the fan is now spinning and no error but it is noisy

Garry

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 07 Sep 2006, 20:24

Evening all !

Sounds like your CPU fan. Do you have an AMD processor? They have an option called "cool n quiet" which slows the fan down when the cpu is cooler in a bid to reduce noise.

Now the weather is getting cooler, the fan may have slowed down to below the limit set in the BIOS and therefore triggered the alarm.

If this is the case, you can either turn cool n quiet off or raise the alarm level in the BIOS.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 07 Sep 2006, 20:28

Hi Chris

This has developed in the above posts..........it is the cpu fan it is now ruinning after I blew the dust out as best I could but it is noisy

Cool and quiet is alredy running....but it was stuck.

Garry

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 07 Sep 2006, 20:31

CB

Garry says the Northbridge fan was stopped - various web sites indicate the error message refers to that fan not the CPU fan.

Garry,
Amazing to identify your make of motherboard by the error :sad: Looks like a bad batch of fans. I agree with DaveB to get it fixed under warranty.

It needs replacing if it is noisy. You could do it your self, but it is fiddly, would cost you something and sourcing the fan might be tricky. I replaced my noisy failing fan on a Gigabyte board with a Zalman silent cooler.

Ian

Post by **Garry Russell** » 07 Sep 2006, 20:35

I will give them a ring tomorrow Ian

I won't try to run it in the meantime just in case

Take it from there

Thaks for all your help and to the others that chipped in

If this happens in the future I will no what is what.

That same fan went on this machine after 18 months....but all I knew was what the repair sheet said, I just looked.

So I doubt if it will be a suprise to them as this seems common!

Garry

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 07 Sep 2006, 20:47

Ah sorry chaps, I've been up since 0345 this morning :redface:

Asus fans aren't too great and I have read of many Asus chipset fans going U/S. Contact the place where it was purchased or contact Asus direct and they will send out a new one.

Changing a chipset fan requires the removal of the motherboard though.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 07 Sep 2006, 20:49

No Prob Chriss

All good advice gratefully accepted

I will get hold of them.looking at the links posted by Ian is should be known to them.

ATB

Garry

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 07 Sep 2006, 21:05

Hope you sort the issues out mate. We can't have the repaint control centre out of service for long!

Post by **DaveB** » 07 Sep 2006, 21:10

CB wrote..

Changing a chipset fan requires the removal of the motherboard though.

Certainly not the case with Gigabyte boards Chris (the last and only one I've ever had to change). The fan screwed on to the top of the chip.. easy peasy

I'm glad in a way I no longer keep my finger on the pulse as I doubt I'd buy anything

Must be bad luck with the fan Garry as I run 3 Asus boards here.. two of which are well over 2years old and the other at least 18months. There IS time though!! :shock:

ATB

DaveB :tab: