demonikal
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I have a Windows XP Home SP3 based OS on an HP Pavilion a1110n. My old PSU fan stopped working. After about 3 to 4 months of not doing anything about it (my bad), I finally bought and installed a 500w Diablotek power supply, up from a Bestec 220w power supply.
BEFORE I installed the new PSU, this error message came up (with quotes):
"ERROR: System Fan Has Failed! Service PC to prevent damage to the system. Press <F2> to continue"
I press F2 and it boots up just fine.
Even now, AFTER installing the Diablotek PSU, the same error message comes up every time I take my PC out of hibernation in the morning. I don't leave it running 24/7.
Strange thing is that I wasn't receiving this error message about two weeks ago. About two weeks ago, I decided to take apart the entire computer, mobo, and everything including the fan/heatsink off the CPU. I cleaned the old thermal paste off there with a soft cloth and put some new thermal paste on there and clamped the heatsink back down on the CPU. After everything was back together and I turned the PC on for the first time after having no PC to use for 3 days, this error message came up.
When it says "System Fan", does it mean the fan cooling the air coming off the heatsink or the fan inside the PSU?? Those are the only two fans my system have.
Thanks for any feedback!
BEFORE I installed the new PSU, this error message came up (with quotes):
"ERROR: System Fan Has Failed! Service PC to prevent damage to the system. Press <F2> to continue"
I press F2 and it boots up just fine.
Even now, AFTER installing the Diablotek PSU, the same error message comes up every time I take my PC out of hibernation in the morning. I don't leave it running 24/7.
Strange thing is that I wasn't receiving this error message about two weeks ago. About two weeks ago, I decided to take apart the entire computer, mobo, and everything including the fan/heatsink off the CPU. I cleaned the old thermal paste off there with a soft cloth and put some new thermal paste on there and clamped the heatsink back down on the CPU. After everything was back together and I turned the PC on for the first time after having no PC to use for 3 days, this error message came up.
When it says "System Fan", does it mean the fan cooling the air coming off the heatsink or the fan inside the PSU?? Those are the only two fans my system have.
Thanks for any feedback!