Chip fan stop or too slow

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Recently when I boot up the XP, just before the POSE, I got the warning the
chip fan speed is slow or stop and ask me to press F1 or goto setup.
I just goto BIOS setup and stop the warning.

How do I get the details of the problem?
My CPU is AMD Athlon 3200+.
 
Man T said:
Recently when I boot up the XP, just before the POSE, I got the warning
the chip fan speed is slow or stop and ask me to press F1 or goto setup.
I just goto BIOS setup and stop the warning.

How do I get the details of the problem?
My CPU is AMD Athlon 3200+.
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Sounds like a hardware issue, unrelated to Windows.
Try a hardware newsgroup.
 
Recently when I boot up the XP, just before the POSE, I got the warning the
chip fan speed is slow or stop and ask me to press F1 or goto setup.
I just goto BIOS setup and stop the warning.

How do I get the details of the problem?
My CPU is AMD Athlon 3200+.
Click to expand...

No details needed. You will need to open the case, look for the
faulty fan and replace it.
 
Man T said:
Recently when I boot up the XP, just before the POSE, I got the warning the
chip fan speed is slow or stop and ask me to press F1 or goto setup.
I just goto BIOS setup and stop the warning.

How do I get the details of the problem?
My CPU is AMD Athlon 3200+.
Click to expand...


Good way to destroy your CPU.
ignoring a problem with your fan is not a very good idea!
 
Do as everyone else says, buy one and open the case and replace it.
If its over 2 years old and you are in there then replace it.
The cost of a fan or the cost of a new processor / motherboard..... lets
see.....

PS. Some MB come with utilities to monitor voltage and fans and temp.
They are pretty good in that they have an alarm to let you know the
minute something goes wrong. You never want to run a CPU overheating
for any length of time. Even drives in the cabinet.


Blow out the dust while you're in there too.
 
Man T said:
Recently when I boot up the XP, just before the POSE, I got the warning
the chip fan speed is slow or stop and ask me to press F1 or goto setup.
I just goto BIOS setup and stop the warning.

How do I get the details of the problem?
My CPU is AMD Athlon 3200+.
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It depends on your board.

Without knowing anything about your PC it is hard to say.
Either it is a problem of you CPU fan not running properly, or your BIOS has
set the fan to run at a certain temp, and it hasn't reached that temp yet,
so the fan hasn't started, (I've had to disable alarms because of that one).
You may have a CPU cooler that is fanless or low speed.
The CPU fan may be connected to the wrong motherboard header meaning it is
working but the motherboard can't detect it.

I assume your PC runs normally otherwise? Is this a new problem or has it
always been like this?

If the fan isn't running as it should it's best to get it fixed. Your PC
will start to lock up shortly after boot due to overheating. It's not likely
you will destroy your CPU. Your heatsink would basically need to fall off
for that to happen.
 
Recently when I boot up the XP, just before the POSE, I got the warning the
chip fan speed is slow or stop and ask me to press F1 or goto setup.
I just goto BIOS setup and stop the warning.

How do I get the details of the problem?
My CPU is AMD Athlon 3200+.
Click to expand...


Fans are cheap, and CPUs are expensive. Ignoring the warning is
foolhardy.

Open the case. If the fan is clogged with dust, blow it out with a can
of compressed air. If that gets rid of the warning, good. If not, get
the fan replaced.

Do not delay. The risk of losing the CPU to overheating is real and
imminent.
 
What details are you expecting to get? Like everybody says, take care of
the fan problem. If you don't know how or are intimidated by the idea of
replacing it yourself, take it to a shop. On the chance that it is not the
fan but the voltage to the fan from the power supply I think I would let a
shop take care of it for you.

Don't continue to run the computer until the problem is cleared.
 
Man said:
Recently when I boot up the XP, just before the POSE, I got the
warning the chip fan speed is slow or stop and ask me to press F1 or
goto setup. I just goto BIOS setup and stop the warning.

How do I get the details of the problem?
My CPU is AMD Athlon 3200+.
Click to expand...

What details? The chip fan isn't working.

I admit the instructions could be clearer - the message doesn't tell you how
to correct the problem.

Replace the fan.
 
Recently when I boot up the XP, just before the POSE, I got the warning the
chip fan speed is slow or stop and ask me to press F1 or goto setup.
I just goto BIOS setup and stop the warning.

How do I get the details of the problem?
My CPU is AMD Athlon 3200+.
Click to expand...
Why ask HERE? How fast your CPU fan is running has NOTHING to do with
XP and is a pure hardware problem.

Ask elsewhere
 
Hi Man T, I apologise for Farad'ns fractious remark. This is the appropriate
place to start asking questions.
 
Good god, will you get off your high horse and stop telling people to
post other places. Be a bit more forgiving. Its a general newsgroup.
 
Good god, will you get off your high horse and stop telling people to
post other places. Be a bit more forgiving. Its a general newsgroup.
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Sure, for general questions ABOUT XP. How does a fan inside the case
apply there? I'll save you a lot of head scratching: IT DOESN'T.
The post does not belong here.
 
Hi Man T, I apologise for Farad'ns fractious remark. This is the appropriate
place to start asking questions.
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Yep - questions that have something to do with XP. The OP question
does NOT and is out of place HERE.
 
And you are not the newsgroup police. There is nothing wrong with the user
starting here. He soon gets redirected to a better group but the user
seldom knows much about his computer beyond that it is running XP when he
first asks his question. It has always been common for a user to start with
a .general group when he is first wrestling with a problem.
 
Hi,
My motherboard is ASUS A8N-E.
I opened the case and look into the motherboard have no idea where the chip
fan is. Read the motherboard manual does say the location of the chip fan on
the diagram.

I also checked the CD come with motherboard found no utility to monitor the
speed and temperature of the motherboard chip.
 
Man said:
Hi,
My motherboard is ASUS A8N-E.
I opened the case and look into the motherboard have no idea where the chip
fan is. Read the motherboard manual does say the location of the chip fan on
the diagram.

I also checked the CD come with motherboard found no utility to monitor the
speed and temperature of the motherboard chip.
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"normally" there is only one fan on the motherboard. Its on the main
processor/cpu. If you have a high end video card, they too have a fan.
Both of these produce heat. Other than that, there are fans on the
cases.

If the manual tells you where the chip is, does this not solve your problem?
 

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