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settie · 10-19-2008, 04:13 PM

As stated in my last thread in here, my computer fans are LOUD. Very. Loud.
Loud as in, a set of headphones on max won't drown out the buzz on that bitch.
-_- It's annoying, like a mini monster machine.

I've got two fans in the front sucking cold air in, and keeping my HDD nice and cool ^_^
I've got one fan on the side of the case, pushing out hot air.
I've got the CPU fan (duh), and two video cards with a SLi Bridge, so there's the two video card fans (and they're massive)
Aaaand, lastly, a fan on the back of the case pushing out more hot air.

You'd think with all those fans, and just a dual core processor, those fans wouldn't buzz the way they do. But, I think its because my room is a hot-spot in the house.

The fans (or maybe its just one fan! I'm not sure) buzz when I've got a game running, a couple programs running, and sometimes its buzzing during the day when I'm not around and the PC is locked up.

So, I get home tonight, turn 'er on, and run into some software problems, the PC immediately freezes, and reboots. Upon that reboot, I get another freeze before even logging in. -_- Not a good start.

I try again, get into the BIOS, read the POST status, everything looks ok... I decide while I'm there to enable Q fan in BIOS, and check the status of everything else...I save and reboot....and get the BSOD....loooovely!

I reboot again, no POST beeps...and the monitor goes in standby mode.
I try a couple more times...nope....she's dead. I killed her.

The BSOD said it was a hardware issue...no details...I didn't catch the STOP code it listed in time... damn thing flashed on screen then went black quickly.

Before you ask, three of the case fans are 3-pin connectors.

I MIGHT have to double check the processor fan's pin location... maybe that's my only problem. I believe when enabling Q fan it has to be in a different location?!

I'd LOVE any advice/suggestions you have. As soon as possible.

My essays are on that PC, and are due this week!

Regardless, I find it hard to believe that enabling Q fan would kill the PC the way it did.
I have a D-link Wireless G adapter in the computer that's been giving me software issues upon logging in, nothing a simple reinstall can't fix.

So what could have gone wrong?!

10-19-2008, 04:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
settie Junkie	Enabling Q Fan in BIOS killed my PC...suggestions? As stated in my last thread in here, my computer fans are LOUD. Very. Loud. Loud as in, a set of headphones on max won't drown out the buzz on that bitch. -_- It's annoying, like a mini monster machine. I've got two fans in the front sucking cold air in, and keeping my HDD nice and cool ^_^ I've got one fan on the side of the case, pushing out hot air. I've got the CPU fan (duh), and two video cards with a SLi Bridge, so there's the two video card fans (and they're massive) Aaaand, lastly, a fan on the back of the case pushing out more hot air. You'd think with all those fans, and just a dual core processor, those fans wouldn't buzz the way they do. But, I think its because my room is a hot-spot in the house. The fans (or maybe its just one fan! I'm not sure) buzz when I've got a game running, a couple programs running, and sometimes its buzzing during the day when I'm not around and the PC is locked up. So, I get home tonight, turn 'er on, and run into some software problems, the PC immediately freezes, and reboots. Upon that reboot, I get another freeze before even logging in. -_- Not a good start. I try again, get into the BIOS, read the POST status, everything looks ok... I decide while I'm there to enable Q fan in BIOS, and check the status of everything else...I save and reboot....and get the BSOD....loooovely! I reboot again, no POST beeps...and the monitor goes in standby mode. I try a couple more times...nope....she's dead. I killed her. The BSOD said it was a hardware issue...no details...I didn't catch the STOP code it listed in time... damn thing flashed on screen then went black quickly. Before you ask, three of the case fans are 3-pin connectors. I MIGHT have to double check the processor fan's pin location... maybe that's my only problem. I believe when enabling Q fan it has to be in a different location?! I'd LOVE any advice/suggestions you have. As soon as possible. My essays are on that PC, and are due this week! Regardless, I find it hard to believe that enabling Q fan would kill the PC the way it did. I have a D-link Wireless G adapter in the computer that's been giving me software issues upon logging in, nothing a simple reinstall can't fix. So what could have gone wrong?!