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Hey, jus started a new thread to replace the "lga 775 load plate question" as this is now the main problem.
Ok basically now when i turn the computer on the fan will spin for a bit (when posting) then stop completely and just do nothing (when it moves to the next screen to search for a drive to boot windows from, or when i enter the bios it will also stop). I was wondering is this just a feature of the bios's trying to keep system noise down because silverfox mentioned that sometimes his fan (on a E6600) sometimes switches off completely and thought that might be what mine is doing. However i set the smart fan control thing to disable which i assumed would just run it full power all the time, but after saving and rebooting it doesn't. i was wondering if you guys could tell me what setting i should put it at and what way it should behave on that setting. The bios has the options: Auto, Intel QST, Legacy and disable.
Btw it was only tonight that it started doing this run for a bit and then stop business, before it would jerk back and forth like it didn't have enough power to keep going and if i flicked it with my finger it would sometimes continue but i checked the pins with a multimeter and they read the correct 12v as theey should meaning the fan is getting plenty of power.

i don't like the idea of having the fan not running, i can cope with extra noise so an not really fussed there. Also i can't see myself doing anything stressfull that would raise the temps enough to test it (all i can do atm is sit in the bios, and i would like to have this thing working while i install windows and not have any problems half way through) also i don't really want to let the temps rise loads just to test it.

So what do you guys think?

This post has been edited by Comp Dude2: 11 February 2007 - 10:48 AM

this is 100% normal!! run a CPU stress test and watch the bugger spin it's a cool-n-quiet esque idea. it's really nothing to worry about. i crapped myself when i saw it not spin too, but ran a game/folding and all was well!

With some boards you can disable that feature through the CMOS Setup if you want the fan to run full speed. Might as well try it.

Erm, yeah it seems fine now.When it was jerking about i rekon there was something wrong but it seems to be doing what it is supposed to now. It is either spinning or sitting completely still. I will keep you posted if i gets funny again.