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PC processor fan help *Urgent*

fireshot91 said:
I do, but its broken, and only spins for 1 second when the Power button is pressed (Well, more like 2).
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OK, well the fan is cooling the CPU, so if the fan is not running then the CPU is getting too hot and shutting down.

Let me ask you, have you grounded yourself before touching your motherboard? Do you know what I mean when I ask that question?

If the answer is no then you might want to find someone, who knows a bit about computers, to show you how to fit your new fan/heatsink correctly. Or take it to a repair shop and ask them to show you how.

It may should harsh but actually I'm trying to help you. You see eventually you are going to break something, but you wont know what, and then your really going to get frustrated trying to fix something where you don't know what is broken.

Unless you have lots of money and time...
 
Yes, I do know what ground means, and the whole time, I had my knee/shin touching the case. I also touched the case before I touched the motherboard.


And my computer is set-up to tell me if the temperature gets to 60 deg.
 
fireshot91 said:
Yes, I do know what ground means, and the whole time, I had my knee/shin touching the case. I also touched the case before I touched the motherboard.


And my computer is set-up to tell me if the temperature gets to 60 deg.
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currently your computer does not work so ... go buy a Mac :D
 
fireshot91 said:
Well, I wish I could.

But, it turns on, and then after 10 mins it turns off. No warning pops up or anything.
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No fan no cooling. Check the CPU heat in BIOS, let it sit running in BIOS for 10 mins, see what the temp does...
 
Its been running for the past 2 months without a fan. And now it just heats up?

I said it already, it would notify me if the temperatures got over 60deg. Its idle temperature is 50deg. with no CPU cooling.
 
fireshot91 said:
Its been running for the past 2 months without a fan. And now it just heats up?

I said it already, it would notify me if the temperatures got over 60deg. Its idle temperature is 50deg. with no CPU cooling.
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That was before you removed the old heat sink, probably you did not reinstall the old heat sink correctly so there is no contact between the CPU and the heat sink. Remember the thermal paste ...

I have no idea what that Compound stuff is, and would like to know where to put it.
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You need to know where to put it and HOW to put it.


But you seem to know what your doing so good luck with that :rolleyes:
 
Err, no I went back into BIOS and made sure that the 60 deg. was set. And I did install the new one correctly. There was no thermal paste at all with teh Intel CPU cooler. It was just a fan.
 
fireshot91 said:
Err, no I went back into BIOS and made sure that the 60 deg. was set. And I did install the new one correctly. There was no thermal paste at all with teh Intel CPU cooler. It was just a fan.
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That's because you don't know what thermal paste is. Good luck ...
 
Trule is correct. If those push pins are not 100% securely attached, with thermal paste between the CPU and HS, your computer will overheat and as a protection measure, shut itself off to prevent damage. Correctly applying thermal paste is essential. Here's an example of a good amount:
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It's also possible you have damaged something in the computer while working. But if it isn't hardware, it's the software or hard disk. The way I usually test this is to try running Ubuntu Linux from a Live CD. If you can successfully run Ubuntu from the disk for a good amount of time, it isn't the CPU over heating.

Steve
 
Err, I figured out it wasn't my Intel stock fan :/.
It was the port on the motherboard that the fan was connected to. I just 'set-up' the new fan (I just connected it, didn't actually attach it to the motherboard), and it did the same thing, so I found a 3pin connector on my motherboard, and connected my CPU fan to that, and now its working flawlessly.
 
Err, just kidding. It still turns of randomly. The fan is running perfectly though :). Even if its just sitting in the BIOS, it just turns off. The fan is working, and the temperatures are lowered significantly than when the fan wasn't working.
 
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