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1. Make sure its plugged in. It should be a two prong white connector, kind of small.
2. If its bad, post the make/model of the computer and I can tell you what fan to buy, installation is usually just a matter of clipping it in place.
1. Make sure its plugged in. It should be a two prong white connector, kind of small.
2. If its bad, post the make/model of the computer and I can tell you what fan to buy, installation is usually just a matter of clipping it in place.
How gentlemenly of you sir
Thank you Mega! :kissy: Do I have to open the MB to ensure the fan is plugged in? I'm pretty sure the fan is on the inside.
BTW, I did let my son play on it since it's been OK for hubby. I just opened a window to make sure the room is relatively cool.
Yeah, but as long as you don't start smashing things with hammers, there isn't much that can go wrong. You might want to take the opportunity to blow it out with a can of compressed air.
The connector looks like this, there should be the same number of prongs stick out somewhere near the processor, if its not plugged in. The little fins on it will make sure you plug it in the right orientation.
Thank you Mega! :kissy: Do I have to open the MB to ensure the fan is plugged in? I'm pretty sure the fan is on the inside.
BTW, I did let my son play on it since it's been OK for hubby. I just opened a window to make sure the room is relatively cool.
If it wasn't working at all, your pc wouldn't be working either.
That's what I've been told.
If it wasn't working at all, your pc wouldn't be working either.
That's what I've been told.
Either that or she has a helluva case fan and its pulling lots of air across the heat sink.
I have no idea what that means, so I don't think I have that.
It's the exhaust fan on the back.
Most, if not all computer processors run so fast, that if the fan were to die 1 or 2 things would happen......
1. The pc would automatically shut off, to protect itself.
Or
2. It would run a few seconds and then die because it overheated (and probably fried) the processor.
Modern processors will shut themselves down and throw out lots of beeps
Last time anything close like this happened to me, was with a friend and his brother He took the Processor out and installed back in the wrong way.
Wouldn't work again after that but the pc was really old too.
What was the socket type?!
Uhhh ehhhh well, I was 15 or 16 so I have no idea. :lol:
I think it was an old school Pentium.
*groan* Son turned on the desktop today and there was that warning. I told him to shut down the computer right away, but he said dad's been ignoring that message for weeks.
So I figure I need to get it fixed ASAP or my motherboard could fry, right? :unsure13: I'd drop it off at the computer guy's shop, but that means no desk top or wifi for my notebook for at least a few days. I would lose it.
Well, actually, you'll most likely fry the CPU instead of the motherboard, but either way the computer will quit working.
Before you open up the case and start poking around inside, I'd suggest one other thing first.
Download and install Coretemp. When you run it, it will allow you to see the temperature(s) of your processor core(s). Below is a pic that shows what the program looks like when it's running.
When the processors are running around idle (less than 15% load or so), your temperatures should be somewhere around 30-50 deg C, if they are, then you're fine, and you can ignore the message. If they're considerably higher than that (like 80 or 90 deg C), you most likely have a problem.
I finally got around to doing this, and the program can't be run because "This Intel processor is not supported. This program will not continue." :crazy3:
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