Assuming you are reading this CPU0 FAN ERROR message on the monitor, you want to open the case and confirm the fan isn't spinning. I find it hard to believe there isn't *some* fan noise coming from the case, at least the power supply.
As for sourcing a fan, they may be hard to buy without the accompanying CPU heat sink. You'll need to take a look and see what it looks like, and see what's being offered on Ebay for that model. Some fans are more difficult to change than others, and if you have to replace the entire heat sink that's a lot more trouble than swapping hard drives or modem cards. I'd be surprised if Dell would sell anything less than an entire motherboard with CPU installed to repair this problem. They wouldn't want their field service techs messing around with heat sink swaps, I bet. (that's assuming they would even offer to repair such an old machine at any price...) Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leslie S. Gottlieb Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Dell Dimension CPU Fan Replacement My 4 year old Dell Dimension comes up with a CPU0 Fan error - I don't hear a fan whirring actually. Where is the best place to get one - eBay? Is it hard to replace - I'm fairly handy installing hardware. Leslie Gottlieb -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
