Hi Lona, Sounds like you got a tech that hadn't a clue. It takes less than ten minutes to change a fan. Generally the only settings in the bios would be to detect if the fan had stopped and the CPU overheating alarms.
On Saturday 24 September 2005 14:56, you wrote: > Have a question for you all. My CPU fan was making a lot of noise. > I had a tech come check it and replace it. Wasn't home when he > was here. I had not rebooted since he installed the new fan. He > said he had to change something in the bios to make the fan work as > the computer kept rebooting? I didn't understand. Last night I > had to reboot and I thought my windows 2000 pro would never load, > and the toolbar took forever to show up, same with my desktop. That sounds like he went into the bios to underclock the CPU because it was overheating ! Underclocking would reduce the heating conciderably. > I > called him and he said maybe the CPU was toast. Here is the deal. > He was here one morning and never came back till the next day to > replace it. He contends that the CPU would have been ruined before > he came the first time if it was ruined. If the CPU had been damaged it is unlikely that the machine would even boot. > So, I have no idea what > may be going on and am not going to try rebooting over the weekend. > I'm not knowing if he did something crazy with this or, it is just > one woman's experience with hardware. > > > Lona > > http://tahomagirl.com > http://clearpointtherapist.com I think that I would find someone that knew what he was doing. In terms of cost I would just replace a fan, say $3 to $5 plus labour. On the other hand a new heatsink with fan would cost a lot more, but would also have a new contact pad on it. A clumsy engineer trying to change just a fan, could easily damage the contact pad ! If this happens, then the CPU will overheat very rapidly. The over temperature alarm in the bios should warn you and close the machine down. HTH. -- Best Regards: Derrick. Pontefract Linux Users Group. -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
