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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: Nicola57 on September 20, 2016, 11:36:33 AM

Title: System fan failure hp 873n
Post by: Nicola57 on September 20, 2016, 11:36:33 AM

  when i power up my cpu, I get an error
Message system fan failure shutti g down in 5 seconds.
My bois shows the following:

  cpu fan speed     2039 rpm
System fan speed    0 rpm
Cpu temperature      39  degree  c

Can someone tell me if this is my heatsink or my fan even though it works i can get into my bois with
No problems.   Pls help

Title: Re: System fan failure hp 873n
Post by: Geek-9pm on September 20, 2016, 01:35:42 PM

Fix the fan.
Did you try that?

Title: Re: System fan failure hp 873n
Post by: DaveLembke on September 20, 2016, 07:35:30 PM

Find the fan thats not spinning and replace it. Usually its just a CPU fan that will stop a system like this. Maybe HP has the case fan as critical, although i havent see a case fan stop a system like that yet.

 This is a Pentium 4 era system.... might be a 2.53Ghz with Socket 478 Heatsink.