Dinosaur
01-22-2004, 01:07 PM
Woe is me. I intend to run my girlfriend's system with power management disabled. When booting, there was a diagnostic directing me to power management. I went into CMOS setup and discovered error messages relating to two of the three fans.
Following is the recent history of this sad system. Perhaps somebody here might have some suggestions. ASUS P2B AGP motherboard.
The power supply on my second system burned out and seems to have ruined the hard disks.
I bought a new power supply and got the system running with hard disks from an old system.
When it booted, CMOS reported an error and directed me to power management setup, where there was an indication that two of the three fans had problems.
The fans seem to be running, but perhaps no fast enough. They are moving air. I disabled power management, which allowed the system to boot up.
The fan problem occurred after I had fully assembled the system. I had been working with the system in a partially disassembled state while checking hard disks. The motherboard was on the floor outside of the case; Only a floppy and one hard disk were hooked up (they were also out on the floor); All non essential items were not plugged in.
In the disassembled state, the system booted okay with two old hard disks. When I assembled everything, the fan problem occurred.
I intend to install the OS and some software, and use the system as is. Actually, it is my girlfriend's system.
Do you think I will have troubles due to the disabled power management? We keep our appartment cold by most people's standards, so maybe I will have no problem until warmer weather.
Might there be something to check on the motherboard?
Following is the recent history of this sad system. Perhaps somebody here might have some suggestions. ASUS P2B AGP motherboard.
The power supply on my second system burned out and seems to have ruined the hard disks.
I bought a new power supply and got the system running with hard disks from an old system.
When it booted, CMOS reported an error and directed me to power management setup, where there was an indication that two of the three fans had problems.
The fans seem to be running, but perhaps no fast enough. They are moving air. I disabled power management, which allowed the system to boot up.
The fan problem occurred after I had fully assembled the system. I had been working with the system in a partially disassembled state while checking hard disks. The motherboard was on the floor outside of the case; Only a floppy and one hard disk were hooked up (they were also out on the floor); All non essential items were not plugged in.
In the disassembled state, the system booted okay with two old hard disks. When I assembled everything, the fan problem occurred.
I intend to install the OS and some software, and use the system as is. Actually, it is my girlfriend's system.
Do you think I will have troubles due to the disabled power management? We keep our appartment cold by most people's standards, so maybe I will have no problem until warmer weather.
Might there be something to check on the motherboard?