Gateway fan not working?

akatehpa1n · 06-25-2009, 08:31 PM

Hello, first post here, but i have a gateway mx something series. And the fan next to the cpu doesnt spin anymore, I was getting an error stating i need to check my system fans and wouldnt boot, but now it boots. I took off part of the bottom shell and took the fan out, it all seems to be in order, when i boot the computer it spins, then stops, and when i had the fan off it would randomly come on and off. any ideas?

**TriggerFinger** · 06-26-2009, 03:12 PM

Motherboard of laptop senses if fan is connected or not (laptop won't boot if fan is not connected). I suggest you reapply thermal compound and may be save up for a replacement fan... as it could mean a dying fan already.

06-25-2009, 08:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
akatehpa1n Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Gateway fan not working? Hello, first post here, but i have a gateway mx something series. And the fan next to the cpu doesnt spin anymore, I was getting an error stating i need to check my system fans and wouldnt boot, but now it boots. I took off part of the bottom shell and took the fan out, it all seems to be in order, when i boot the computer it spins, then stops, and when i had the fan off it would randomly come on and off. any ideas?

06-26-2009, 03:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,847 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Gateway fan not working? Motherboard of laptop senses if fan is connected or not (laptop won't boot if fan is not connected). I suggest you reapply thermal compound and may be save up for a replacement fan... as it could mean a dying fan already. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE