From: Bob F on
Skybuck Flying wrote:
> YO,
>
> Today the CPU fan didn't spin up on boot again ?!
>
> Just like yesterday ?!
>
> Wow, weird !
>
> 1. Maybe asus bios issue ?
> 2. Maybe windows xp x64 pro issue ?
> 3. Maybe nvidia chipset issue ?
> 4. Maybe just cpu fan issue ?
> (I cleaned it not so long ago, dust only though, on the blades
> gently.) 4.1 Maybe little bit of dust on the wire cause short circuit ?
> 4.2 Maybe oil and dirt makes it to sturdy to spin up ? (I did oil it
> some time ago but simply dropping some oil in it, at least trying on
> the sides.)
> It's probably 4.2 ?! Wow... I can't open the CPU fan I think... so I
> can't oil... and clean it properly ? Hmmmm...
>
> The question is:
>
> Will the cpu fan actually spin up when the cpu becomes very hot ?
> (The cpu fan has two modes... mostly... "automatic throttle")
>
> I think probably not...
>
> A restart fixes the problem and makes the cpu fan spin up again.
>
> I wonder how long this has been going on ?
>
> It's probably a recent problem otherwise my PC would have probably
> died by now ?!
>

Just buy a new fan before you destroy your processor.


From: krw on
On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 16:54:09 -0700, "Bob F" <bobnospam(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>Skybuck Flying wrote:
>> YO,
>>
>> Today the CPU fan didn't spin up on boot again ?!
>>
>> Just like yesterday ?!
>>
>> Wow, weird !
>>
>> 1. Maybe asus bios issue ?
>> 2. Maybe windows xp x64 pro issue ?
>> 3. Maybe nvidia chipset issue ?
>> 4. Maybe just cpu fan issue ?
>> (I cleaned it not so long ago, dust only though, on the blades
>> gently.) 4.1 Maybe little bit of dust on the wire cause short circuit ?
>> 4.2 Maybe oil and dirt makes it to sturdy to spin up ? (I did oil it
>> some time ago but simply dropping some oil in it, at least trying on
>> the sides.)
>> It's probably 4.2 ?! Wow... I can't open the CPU fan I think... so I
>> can't oil... and clean it properly ? Hmmmm...
>>
>> The question is:
>>
>> Will the cpu fan actually spin up when the cpu becomes very hot ?
>> (The cpu fan has two modes... mostly... "automatic throttle")
>>
>> I think probably not...
>>
>> A restart fixes the problem and makes the cpu fan spin up again.
>>
>> I wonder how long this has been going on ?
>>
>> It's probably a recent problem otherwise my PC would have probably
>> died by now ?!
>>
>
>Just buy a new fan before you destroy your processor.
>
SSsshhhh!