HELP!! IBM R30 Fan Error

dkhawth · 05-13-2008, 12:29 PM

i am not sure what happened, went to turn my ibm r30 on and it went to post came up with a beep.. beep then it showed "fan error" on the screen and shut itself off. i took the heatsink/fan out and put it into another system and it worked fine. can anyone help me figure this out?
thanks :)

dai · 05-13-2008, 01:55 PM

maybe the paste needed re-doing
you will need to clean it off and apply new anyway now
so you soon see if that was the problem
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm

dkhawth · 05-14-2008, 08:52 AM

uhh,,,,,, no it would not be a paste issue because the fan kicks on as soon as you hit the power button when i put it in another laptop.
but thank you for the idea. so i know the fan is good. it is an issue in the laptop not the fan. :)

**TriggerFinger** · 05-14-2008, 12:48 PM

we all know the fan is controlled by the motherboard. in fact it plugs in directly on the board. the error being shown during startup may point to a malfunctioning motherboard... or a defective connection (cold solder?)

you said you tried that fan on another laptop may be you can use that laptop's fan fan on your laptop. if the error is the same it means the motherboard has some problems and may need repair or replacement.

05-13-2008, 12:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
dkhawth Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 OS: win xp sp 2	HELP!! IBM R30 Fan Error i am not sure what happened, went to turn my ibm r30 on and it went to post came up with a beep.. beep then it showed "fan error" on the screen and shut itself off. i took the heatsink/fan out and put it into another system and it worked fine. can anyone help me figure this out? thanks :)

05-13-2008, 01:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,784 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: HELP!! IBM R30 Fan Error maybe the paste needed re-doing you will need to clean it off and apply new anyway now so you soon see if that was the problem http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm __________________

05-14-2008, 08:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
dkhawth Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 OS: win xp sp 2	Re: HELP!! IBM R30 Fan Error uhh,,,,,, no it would not be a paste issue because the fan kicks on as soon as you hit the power button when i put it in another laptop. but thank you for the idea. so i know the fan is good. it is an issue in the laptop not the fan. :)

05-14-2008, 12:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,851 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: HELP!! IBM R30 Fan Error we all know the fan is controlled by the motherboard. in fact it plugs in directly on the board. the error being shown during startup may point to a malfunctioning motherboard... or a defective connection (cold solder?) you said you tried that fan on another laptop may be you can use that laptop's fan fan on your laptop. if the error is the same it means the motherboard has some problems and may need repair or replacement. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE