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Chip fan fail (or speed to slow)

Ruu_Old · 2008-09-10 00:06:42

I got this message on POST this morning, checked the chipset fan and it seemed like it was struggling to move around but after a few minutes it went back to around 3000RPM (currently running at 3209RPM according to Speedfan). Plan on replacing it anyway, fecker of a thing is awful noisy sometimes.. Any thoughts? It is an…

10-09-2008 12:06am

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I got this message on POST this morning, checked the chipset fan and it seemed like it was struggling to move around but after a few minutes it went back to around 3000RPM (currently running at 3209RPM according to Speedfan). Plan on replacing it anyway, fecker of a thing is awful noisy sometimes.. Any thoughts? It is an ASUS A8N-E motherboard, think it is under warranty. Apparently it is common for the chipset fan to fail on these boards.

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#2 10-09-2008 4:28am

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My old Asus Board ran around those speeds and was noisy as hell - not from windspeed but just from vibrating - it rumbled throughout the whole case. ****ing annoying.

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