fan speed failure on compaq with PII

[George]

My friend has an compaq desktop with a PII CPU. I don't know the model
number. It displays something like "cannot proceed fan failure" at POST.

There is only one fan and it is in the rear of the power supply. Seems to be
OK and it only has 2 leads so there is no tach output. The CPU has only a
large heatsink.

The usual reason I have sen for that message on other machines is that there
is a fan with a tach output that is running slow because of a bad bearing or
dirt. What could cause it on this machine?

 

[Cuzman]

" The CPU has only a large heatsink. "


....which is probably the reason.

 

[Mike Walsh]

Go into the BIOS and disable the fan speed feature.

My friend has an compaq desktop with a PII CPU. I don't know the model
number. It displays something like "cannot proceed fan failure" at POST.

There is only one fan and it is in the rear of the power supply. Seems to be
OK and it only has 2 leads so there is no tach output. The CPU has only a
large heatsink.

The usual reason I have sen for that message on other machines is that there
is a fan with a tach output that is running slow because of a bad bearing or
dirt. What could cause it on this machine?

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