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Fan Failure
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Original Message
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Name: Goatman
Date: March 9, 2003 at 17:42:33 Pacific
Subject: Fan Failure
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: 3ghz 1gb
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Comment: My fan has just failed. I checked the cable and it was plugged in but the fan will not spin. Can I still run my computer until I get a replacement? Have I caused any damage? What about using a portable fan aimed at the back of the system, or leaving the cover off?
Thanks
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Response Number 2
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Name: Goatman
Date: March 9, 2003 at 20:30:43 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)CPU FAN, can it cause damage, please respond quickly. Dell tech support said it wouldnt cause damage.
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Response Number 3
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Name: johnoh
Date: March 9, 2003 at 20:44:33 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Your cpu fan is critical so you should consider not doing anything until you get a new one. The Dell guys are morons if they told you don't sweat it. If you do want to try opening the case and blowing a house fan into it, then when you do this go immediately into bios to the place where temps are indicated (mine is under PC Health) and watch the temps. If the CPU temp is say 55C or less then go ahead and boot into windows, and then watch it again there, as windows will cause the cpu to run hotter than the bios program. Speedfan and Motherboard monitor are programs that will display your cpu temp for you. There is a reason your fan failed and if your cpu is really 3ghz then that fan had to be pretty new so who knows why it failed - could be the power supply or the motherboard.
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Response Number 4
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Name: Goatman
Date: March 9, 2003 at 20:57:43 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Have I caused any damage to anything? The computer actually shut down at least once from overheating.
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Response Number 5
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Name: Goatman
Date: March 9, 2003 at 21:07:35 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I just checked the event log, and I have 3 temperature errors and multiple fan errors. The fan errors are upon starting the computer, the Temperature from overheating. I have no errors since I opened the case and have a fan pointed at the chip, this seems to be working. I am worried I have damaged something, and if I have, Dell is responsible, how can I go about testing for damage?
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Response Number 6
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Name: johnoh
Date: March 9, 2003 at 22:17:16 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)What are your temps??? If you are using this fan into an open case idea and are not watching your temps closely, I must say you deserve whatever problems result. If your cpu temp touches 60C just once, you really should shut down and not press your luck and wait until you've got a proper fan. If your system runs fine for a few hours, I would pronounce it undamaged. There is no easy way to know if anything is damaged other than to use it. You could run some stress test programs, but totally not until your new fan is in place.
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Response Number 7
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Name: mattjgalloway
Date: March 10, 2003 at 09:10:11 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If you have damaged your CPU then you'll know about it! It simply won't boot. That is real amazing if your CPU hasn't fried without a fan on it - although the heatsink is the thing doing the work - and with the case off, and a house fan on it - you're probably moving enough air to make the heatsink do it's job... I would shut down and go get a fan!
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