Re: cpu and rear cooling fans shut off when WinXP boots

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I have since reinstalled the WinXP operating system. Even on first reboot
after reload, when the WinXP splash screen came up the fans stopped. The
power supply fan continues to run all the time. I even "defaulted" the bios
settings thinking something there was changed. That hasn't helped.
Brad

"Brad" <bs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I was upgrading my memory from 256megs to 1gig of ram. After swapping the
ram sticks I rebooted as I always do to make sure everything goes fine
with
the case cover off. I noticed as soon as the WinXP splash screen comes up
the cooling fans stop. As soon as I shut down when WinXP shuts down, just
before the power off, the fans kick back on for a second. I reinstalled
the
old ram, same thing. I unplugged everything but the video and HDD and
still
the same thing. Is there anything in WinXP that would control those fans?
At
one point I forced a shut down and when the "safe mode", etc screen popped
up I chose the "Last known good config". After that the pc booted and the
fans worked until the next full reboot and now they quit again while WinXP
is running. I'm puzzled. Brad




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