CPU Fan Error on Boot, Help??

Hi,

This is a problem I have had for a while just never got round to getting it sorted, any suggestions to what it could be?

Its says press F1 to continue so Im gessing its no big deal but it does slow my boot down and there is obviously something wrong.

What info do you need from me so you can help.

Same thing's happening on my old AMD 64X2 board. I just plugged the CPU fan straight into the PSU (it's near silent anyway) and just putting up with the error.

I think it's just a bug, have you updated your BIOS?

You need to set th CPU fan option in the BIOS to "ignore".

Would that mean that I cant use the bios to set my fan speed then, I currently have it set to the silent mode

Well if its not picking up the CPU fan right now, you obviously arent going to have the speed control feature.

Is your fan plugged into the CPU fan header on the board, or did you maybe plug it into a fan header?

Its plugged into the CPU fan header.

Did I mention its an intermitent fault

Did you try another fan?
Check the connection on the fan plug?
Do you have the cpu temp warning/shutdown enabled in the bios, just in case?

Here's a stab at it. My guess is that because you set your fan to "silent", your fan may not be spinning either at all or too slowly. This can happen over time as dust gets in to the bearing of the fan. Of course, this depends on the quality of the fan and the amount of dust in your environment. Because you have the fan spinning at a slow speed, it may not be clearing dust as it might if it were spinning faster.

Try a different fan to test with or try setting your BIOS to "Full speed ahead".