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Alert ! previous fan failure
Name: Chris Date: January 2, 2003 at 20:39:43 Pacific OS: Win98SE CPU/Ram: P2 350 128MB Ram
Comment:
Every time I boot I get message "Alert! previous far failure". Does anyone know why?
Name: ben rogers Date: January 2, 2003 at 20:44:13 Pacific
Reply:
Is this on a Dell Optiplex GX1?
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Response Number 2
Name: Chris Date: January 2, 2003 at 23:38:55 Pacific
Reply:
Yeah, Why?
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Response Number 3
Name: ben rogers Date: January 3, 2003 at 11:48:14 Pacific
Reply:
No reason, it's just the Dell's BIOS telling you that one of the fans has failed or at least it doesn't detect that one is running. Open the case and check the CPU fan and chassis fan if ones installed.
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