[PLUG] [OT] Hardware Question

Vram lamsokvr at xprt.net
Sat Aug 6 06:39:45 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 22:20 -0700, alan wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Rich Shepard wrote:
> 
> > > motherboard is the only fix I know for that. (Or you can run without the
> > > sensors and hope that the fan fails open and not closed.)
> > 
> >    When I queried google about the CPU fan not running I found a couple of
> > hits that were relevant. They mentioned that a variable power supply runs all
> > fans based on temperature, and that when the system is first booted after
> > being down for a while, the CPU is relatively cool and its fan is running
> > slowly. Some board sensors have a fan speed threshold below which they assume
> > the fan's not running.
> 
> I am used to those sensors being handled by the motherboard.  (The board 
> drives the fans, not the power supply.)

Where does the board get the power???? If not the Power
sUpply..<Microsoft???>

> 
> >    The beeping soon went away and the smart monitor (smartd) happily reports
> > minor temperature fluctuations of the CPU. The fan was running all that time
> > so I have to conclude that it was a cold start that triggered the message.
> > 
> >    It's been working just fine for more than 24 hours now.
> 
> That is good.
> 




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