I've recently purchased an Asus P5G41T-M LX motherboard. I got an intel E6500 CPU for it. When i got it all set up, and turned it on, the BIOS alerted me with a CPU fan error. I opened the case and saw that while the chassis fan was working at full speed, the cpu fan was not so much as twitching. All the connections seem secure. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
Simple...If the CPU fan isn't working, double check the connections, or replace it. DO NOT RUN THE PC WITHOUT THE CPU FAN WORKING!!!
Sorry for the caps, but you need to know this is dangerous to your CPU's life.
Bottom line... replace the fan/CPU cooler if it's not working.
Good luck.
Thanks, and I understand where you're coming from. However I did manage to run speedfan on it, and it said the CPU was at 38 degrees celcius! This was when it was clocked at 1.6GHz. The fan does come with a respectable heatsink, and speedfan clocked the chassis fan at 2700rpm i think. I didn't have any intention of using the pc much until I got a hold of the graphics card I'm eyeing up, and I was planning on getting a bigger and better fan and heatsink anyway.
So the fan works right now? If so let us know so we can close this case.
Thanks
No, the fan still doesn't work, though it seems strangely safe without it. However I think I will end up replacing it, so sure close the case
I can't close it, either you or a mod can.
At any rate If you still have the issue then this thread needs to stay open. I was just confused by your last post when you said...
That says the fan is running since there's no way you're going to get that type of temp without the CPU fan running. You might get 138 degrees celsius reading!!!
In fact I'm still confused because you wouldn't be able to boot into windows because the CPU would overheat before that without a "working" CPU fan.
So the fact that you got into Windows AND ran Speedfan says the CPU fan IS working!
Please clearify
Thanks.
Speedfan is a temperature monitoring software.I can't close it, either you or a mod can.
At any rate If you still have the issue then this thread needs to stay open. I was just confused by your last post when you said...
That says the fan is running since there's no way you're going to get that type of temp without the CPU fan running. You might get 138 degrees celsius reading!!!
In fact I'm still confused because you wouldn't be able to boot into windows because the CPU would overheat before that without a "working" CPU fan.
So the fact that you got into Windows AND ran Speedfan says the CPU fan IS working!
Please clearify
Thanks.
Speedfan is a temperature monitoring software.I can't close it, either you or a mod can.
At any rate If you still have the issue then this thread needs to stay open. I was just confused by your last post when you said...
That says the fan is running since there's no way you're going to get that type of temp without the CPU fan running. You might get 138 degrees celsius reading!!!
In fact I'm still confused because you wouldn't be able to boot into windows because the CPU would overheat before that without a "working" CPU fan.
So the fact that you got into Windows AND ran Speedfan says the CPU fan IS working!
Please clearify
Thanks.you don't say?
Either the fan is bad, or the cpu fan connector on the board is bad. You sure you've got it on right? I would triple check it. If that fails, there's another 3 pin connector just to the left of the northbridge on your board. If the wire from your fan can stretch that far, try that one out; this will let you know if it's the fan or the board.
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