On 06/28/2003 01:40 PM, Michael Sacco wrote:
Well, tonight my CPU fan decided to stop working. After some logical deduction, I discovered that it was the connection from the fan to the motherboard that was faulty. By hooking up the CPU fan to another connection on the motherboard I was able to use it again.
That connection is for a Chassis fan. It will work fine there, and IIANM, shows up with sensors.
When I boot, the BIOS complains that the CPU fan is not running (obviously since it is not hooked up) and asks if I should shutdown immediately.
This can be set in the BIOS. Disable the auto shutdown for cpu fan failure.
I said no, since the fan really was spinning round, and booted up linux. I've loaded sensors and have the CPU temp displayed on gkrellm. It says that it's 105.8F right now.
I am more familiar now with Celsius, but I believe this is reasonable. You didn't say what processor.
My question is how reliable is this setup I've got going, or should I just give in and buy a new motherboard. I'm kinda tight on funds, so if this'll work, I'd rather keep it like this. I'm just concerned about blowing out my CPU. Any thoughts?
If sensors will give you CPU temp, then use your setup. I wouldn't buy a new motherboard for that kind of failure, but instead of automatic monitoring, you need to be more diligent to check every so often. Are you sure it is the motherboard connector? Maybe it was just the connector not making good connection, and just unplugging it and repluging it would make it work again. Or try to clean the connectors. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.