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| 546561 | 2007-05-03 03:10:00 | Salvaged this old HP Vetra Motherboad & PIII cpu, put it in another old tower case with PSU - reason for doing this is that there is no room for a CD ROM drive. Connected all the necessaries, turned on the Power, and soon after, I got this Fan error message! Checked all connections, all fans are turning OK but I still get this error message. When it is in the original HP case, with it's own PSU , it booted up OK. Tried to put the HP's PSU in the 'new' case but found that all the cables are just way too short. Any suggestions? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 546562 | 2007-05-03 09:49:00 | Some BIOS's have a fan monitoring system that gives a warning message if the fan RPM gets below a certain level. If you are satisfied all the fans are spinning correctly you can either adjust the warning level or disable the monitoring of that particular fan. | Jen (38) | ||
| 546563 | 2007-05-03 10:04:00 | Checked the BIOS several times but could not find anything relating to this issue. Maybe, it's really too old to be used. | bk T (215) | ||
| 546564 | 2007-05-03 10:16:00 | There should be an option in the bios, it maybe called hardware monitoring. Thats if this error is for a fan thats connected to the mobo. There should be a screen, in the BIOS which shows u the speed (of whatever fan). There maybe an option here to turn it off. Only other thing, it maybe, is a fan u put on the mobo, hasnt got a 3rd input for the speed. In which case, it cant report the speed of the fan. You used the same fans tho didnt u? What fans are connected to it? The cpu fan.. fan at the back of the case? And front? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 546565 | 2007-05-03 11:42:00 | There should be an option in the bios, it maybe called hardware monitoring. Thats if this error is for a fan thats connected to the mobo. There should be a screen, in the BIOS which shows u the speed (of whatever fan). There maybe an option here to turn it off. Only other thing, it maybe, is a fan u put on the mobo, hasnt got a 3rd input for the speed. In which case, it cant report the speed of the fan. You used the same fans tho didnt u? What fans are connected to it? The cpu fan.. fan at the back of the case? And front? Due to space limitation of this Vetra machine, the CPU fan is not mounted on top of the CPU but on the side of the case with a plastic duct directing the air flow. I'm using the same fan connecting to the same connector on the MB. I only changed the PSU as the cables of the original PSU are way too short. There is an explanation of the fan error saying that probably due to the CPU fan is either not connected, or, connected to the wrong connector, or the fan blades are blocked. I've checked, everything seems to be OK other than the fan speed is a little slow. But that's the fan I took from the orignal case, and it was working fine. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 546566 | 2007-05-03 21:03:00 | did the old psu have a yellow wire connected to a mb fan plug? if so the error could be because the bios used to monitor the psu fan speed - easily fixed by plugging a 3 wire fan into the connection. otherwise look around the mb and see if there are other unused fan connectors, perhaps it's one of those causing the error. If everything is hooked up exactly the same then it's a mystery, hp do tend to make their machines to suit the case etc. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 546567 | 2007-05-03 22:10:00 | did the old psu have a yellow wire connected to a mb fan plug? if so the error could be because the bios used to monitor the psu fan speed - easily fixed by plugging a 3 wire fan into the connection. otherwise look around the mb and see if there are other unused fan connectors, perhaps it's one of those causing the error. If everything is hooked up exactly the same then it's a mystery, hp do tend to make their machines to suit the case etc. There isn't any wire connected to the mb from the old psu. There are 2 other fan connector - one named power fan and the other system fan; I've tried to plug in a fan to all of the 2 but doesn't work. Could not identify the model of the MB as there isn't any name or model printed on the mb. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 546568 | 2007-05-04 08:27:00 | Could not identify the model of the MB as there isn't any name or model printed on the mb. Well boot up the PC and use something like Everest Free to tell you the Mobo, that is what I done with an old PC I was asked to clean up and reinstall Windows | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 546569 | 2007-05-04 10:21:00 | Well boot up the PC and use something like Everest Free to tell you the Mobo, that is what I done with an old PC I was asked to clean up and reinstall Windows How to install Everest without any OS (has been wiped) the old box (original HP) doesn't have any CD drive and no additional power and ide signal cable. Computer starts up to POST only. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 546570 | 2007-05-04 20:18:00 | Oh, well in your OP you said it would boot ;) Hmm, then you are in a bit of a pickel then... |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
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