Fan runs but will not boot - Gateway LX6810-01 PC Desktop

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You may want to replace the fan. You can call the Dell Spare Parts Department at 1-877-717-3355 to purchase a fan.
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Sounds like a dead battery or power supply or both...check for a light on the power supply to prove it's connected.

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problem with Cpu fan chaque proccessor fan it running or not. if it running refix the cpu fan . Clene & peste apply on it . it Reduce the temparatur of machine window Able to start booting, if Same issue than replace the cpu Fan,

mostly all fans are 12V DC try connecting all the fans directly to SMPS of the system i.e the red and the black wire

Hey Darrick, It seems that the fan is full of dust or gone bad. You can open the tower and use a compressed air can to clean out the fan. if cleaning it does not help call Dell sales and order a new heat sink fan.

Re: "the FAN runs only when the booting is being done.but it stops as soon as the booting is completed".

That would be normal, as the variable speed fan comes on only when the computer is under load.

What is not normal is that the fan is not coming on when the computer overheats.Or that the fan is not cooling enough when computer is overheating.

Monitor computer temperature using a software, check if Fan is coming up when temperature gets critical.

If fan comes up but does not cool enough, then replace the fan, it is not efficient anymore because of a bad bearing or dust. ~Also ensure that fan is well mounted, if fan has poor contact with CPU surface , cooling will be poor.

If fan does not come up, and critical temp is not detected, then the sensor on motherboard is bad, this is very uncommon.

If fan does not come up and temp is critical, then fan is faulty, replace it.

There are also more than one fan on many laptops, check that one of the fans (CPU fan, video fan) is not completely ded, and therefore cause for the problem.

Here is the software to control your fan and temp state:

Download SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer

Download SpeedFan 4.38

SpeedFan - Free software download

Hi. The common problem with these is dust build up in the heatsink fins, but I would have thought the fans would be runnnig hard. try cleaning the dust out by putting a vaccuum cleaner against the grills and around the fan intakes. apart from that, they can have fan failure when trying to run at idle speeds (they may still work at boot) - especially if the fan(s) were running with a slight rattle previously.

Mark

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