CPU fan failure/Overheating

taps77 · 05-21-2008, 01:41 PM

Hi all,
I've had my computer (specs below) for under 6 months, although it isn't brand new it came from a friend, and have been using it daily for all kinds of things, but nothing special (internet, games, videos, movies, work). It's always worked fine with no problems whatsoever until yesterday, when upon switching on I was confronted with the following:

"Error:

CPU Fan Failed. Press F2 to continue to boot. Otherwise, the system will power
down in five seconds. Have system serviced immediately."

Since my knowledge of hardware and troubleshooting is nil, I decided to leave it be for a while, but nothing happened, so i turned it off and back on again, after which it has continued to work fine since.

I'd rather not have to get my computer serviced, so I decided to do a bit of research into it, leading me onto CPU Overheating. So far it's all been pretty grim reading, so I'm just wondering if I actually have anything to worry about.

I've got an AMD Athlon64 Processor 3000+ 2.01 Ghz with Win Xp SP 2.

I've checked my current CPU Temperature with the BIOS menu and the results were:

CPU Fan Speed: 3054RPM
System Fan Speed: 1250RPM
CPU Temp: 45C/113F

Does this sound about right or is there anything I should be worrying about? My concern remains because I have noticed a reddish warning light at the back of my PC always being on that, to the best of my memory only appeared after my CPU Fan Failure message.

Thanks in advance for any help, I'd just also like to ask if you could keep your answers as simple as possible because otherwise there's a good chance I'll get lost in it all.

Thanks again

**manic** · 05-21-2008, 03:15 PM

May be ram going south, run memtest, free download.
Could be power supply, they start to fail over time.

taps77 · 05-25-2008, 01:37 PM

I tried your memtest and there's no problem at all I left it all night. Also, i checked the temperature after I'd just being gaming for a while and it had only risen to 52C so maybe there isn't a problem. I'll just keep an eye on it in the future.

Thanks for the help

05-21-2008, 01:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
taps77 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 10 OS: winxp sp2	CPU fan failure/Overheating Hi all, I've had my computer (specs below) for under 6 months, although it isn't brand new it came from a friend, and have been using it daily for all kinds of things, but nothing special (internet, games, videos, movies, work). It's always worked fine with no problems whatsoever until yesterday, when upon switching on I was confronted with the following: "Error: CPU Fan Failed. Press F2 to continue to boot. Otherwise, the system will power down in five seconds. Have system serviced immediately." Since my knowledge of hardware and troubleshooting is nil, I decided to leave it be for a while, but nothing happened, so i turned it off and back on again, after which it has continued to work fine since. I'd rather not have to get my computer serviced, so I decided to do a bit of research into it, leading me onto CPU Overheating. So far it's all been pretty grim reading, so I'm just wondering if I actually have anything to worry about. I've got an AMD Athlon64 Processor 3000+ 2.01 Ghz with Win Xp SP 2. I've checked my current CPU Temperature with the BIOS menu and the results were: CPU Fan Speed: 3054RPM System Fan Speed: 1250RPM CPU Temp: 45C/113F Does this sound about right or is there anything I should be worrying about? My concern remains because I have noticed a reddish warning light at the back of my PC always being on that, to the best of my memory only appeared after my CPU Fan Failure message. Thanks in advance for any help, I'd just also like to ask if you could keep your answers as simple as possible because otherwise there's a good chance I'll get lost in it all. Thanks again

05-21-2008, 03:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,195 OS: xp	Re: CPU fan failure/Overheating May be ram going south, run memtest, free download. Could be power supply, they start to fail over time. __________________

05-25-2008, 01:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
taps77 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 10 OS: winxp sp2	Re: CPU fan failure/Overheating I tried your memtest and there's no problem at all I left it all night. Also, i checked the temperature after I'd just being gaming for a while and it had only risen to 52C so maybe there isn't a problem. I'll just keep an eye on it in the future. Thanks for the help