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by coolgeekhere

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Hey all google search brought me here seeing some similar problems to what I am having.

A8N-SLi Delux Mobo.

I recently did a format/reinstall with XP.

On the board the fan has always been broken so eveyr start up I would get the warning CPU fan failure, which then gives me the option to enter the BIOS.

After hitting the Del key to get to BIOS(to turn off the warning) it takes me to a Raid Utility screen where I can not really do anything. When I exit out of the it will launch to XP, but also will randomly just shut off before launching XP too.

Any reason I can not get into my BIOS? Or why there would be a shutdown randomly?

Thanks for you time and help.

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by Former member

You are having a joke here are you not??
What the computer is doing is shutting down before any damage the heat build up can cause. It is a safety measure so that it does not harm the system. Please get a new fan for your system then this problem will vanish.

Please post back if you have more problems or questions.

by older mycroft

What the hell would you do if it didn't warn you about the fan failure - just carry on until your CPU melted?

Are you serious that you hit "[i]the Del key to get to BIOS(to turn off the warning)[/i]" just so that you can stop the warning? What you should be doing is using a screwdriver to get the case off, so that you can investigate the broken fan!

It's not just your email name that should be 'cool' - your CPU should be cool also.

Wake up and smell the burning CPU. ;)

As for calling yourself 'geek' - I'd be more likely to call you an 'Anorak'!

by muppetgrinder

I am going to assume that your actual fan is not broken - if it is I'm with the guys above - but that the fan monitoring is not working correctly (as it would if you plugged your cpu fan cable into the chassie fan header, for example) The reason that the comp is shutting down will probably be to do with safty settings in the ACPI that then new windows will be set to use by default. As for the raid issue, try using the del key B4 the error comes up, or watch for the key that it tells you to use for the raid and try it. Regardless, don't just ignore the fan error, either get a new fan that is compatable with your mobo or plug your current fan into the correct slot (here is where you tell me you are using a liquid cooler >_<) you may know that the message is innacurate just now, but if something does go wrong you will want to know about it when it does and not after it cooks your CPU.

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