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"Power fan abnormal!"

#6542531 - 02/07/07 10:26 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

Yeah, yeah, even a Geek Squad agent has some questions sometimes. :wink:

. Anyway, I didn't get a change to ask any coworkers about this yet, but my computer had been giving me that error message right when it booted (before booting windows). It's been a few years so I figured I'd replace my power supply. I upped it to a 400, and after installation I receive that error more than ever. The PC's running fine, it's staying cool, and it's not shutting off on me, so why the message still? I tried messing with the BIOS but there's nothing I can really do about a power fan. After I get the error message it always prompts me to "go to setup", and the only way for me to load windows is to enter then escape the setup... Any suggestions?

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Re: "Power fan abnormal!"

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#6543323 - 02/08/07 05:23 AM (17 years, 2 months ago)

weird...i cant think of what would cause this...

maybe the RPMs have been fluctuating alot and the system detects this? i have no idea if that sort of feature is built in though.

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Re: "Power fan abnormal!"

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#6543344 - 02/08/07 05:49 AM (17 years, 2 months ago)

My guess is that it is bitching about a fan other than the one in the power supply. It could be a bad translation of "Fan power abnormal" rather than "Power supply fan abnormal". It may even be bitching about a fan that you don't have in your system... a missing fan would certainly be abnormal, at least as seen by the computer.

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Re: "Power fan abnormal!"

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#6543753 - 02/08/07 10:37 AM (17 years, 2 months ago)

Yeah i would certainly check the fan connectors. You may have a bent pin, or faulty fan connector/wiring.

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#6545874 - 02/08/07 09:24 PM (17 years, 2 months ago)

Well I looked a little further into my BIOS and found my Power Fan settings. It was set to N/A, and the other option being "Disabled". I just chose disabled and it fixed the problem :thumbub:.

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