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by: nordoro April 28, 2012 9:08 AM PDT

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by nordoro - 4/28/12 9:08 AM

Every time I boot up my computer I get the following message
Alert Previous Fan Failure strike F1 key to run when I press F1 it boots up OK.
I have vacuumed the inside of my computer thinking maybe dust was the problem. But this did not cure it.
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The problem

by Jimmy Greystone - 4/28/12 9:38 AM

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The problem, is as the error indicates, one or more of the fans have failed/are failing. Take it somewhere and have them figure out which fan(s) it is and replace them. The good news here is that fans are cheap and easy to replace.


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I agree.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 4/28/12 9:51 AM

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Fans are things that do fail. Why not replace them?


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If this is a Dell All-In-One

by ChuckT - 4/29/12 4:56 PM

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There was one issue that came out a while ago with the Dell One, where the BIOS was updated and changed the parameters for the over-temp sensing of the CPU.

While the particular parameters were not wrong, but they were slightly less tolerant, AND THAT along with the small amount of thermal grease that some of those heat sinks got, cause a lot of error reporting about the fans either not working or that the CPUs were overheating.

The cure was to crack open the case of the Dell One and apply a better amount of the heat transfer grease on the heat sink connection, or to go into the BIOS settings and just shut the darn warning off (that's not a cure, but an ignoring of the too sensitive warning).


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by nordoro - 5/7/12 6:22 AM

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Many Thanks
As I have a Dell dimension 9150 desk top Computer your answer is the most likely reason.
I will get hold of some heat transfer grease and apply a good amount to see if that cures it. Worth a try.
If it works I will let you know.
Thanks again.


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