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Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 20:01
by Garry Russell
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
Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 20:12
by Garry Russell
I just bew the dust out as best I could
the fan is now spinning and no error but it is noisy
Garry
Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 20:24
by Charlie Bravo
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.
Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 20:28
by Garry Russell
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
Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 20:31
by ianhind
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
Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 20:35
by Garry Russell
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
Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 20:47
by Charlie Bravo
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.
Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 20:49
by Garry Russell
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
Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 21:05
by VEGAS
Hope you sort the issues out mate. We can't have the repaint control centre out of service for long!

Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 21:10
by DaveB
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: