[ltp] Fan Error?

[Helen Borrie]

>On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:54, Bert Haskins wrote:
> > I just replaced the system board in one of my A30 boxes and now on
> > powerup I get a
> > "ERROR
> >  Fan error"
> > The fan does not start up and run during power up like my other TPs.
> > I know the fan is good because I tried two fans both of which work in
> > other A30s.
> > Would anyone have any ideas?

At 02:54 PM 23/09/2005 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:

>It's getting cold and sticking.
>Blow in the air inlet as hard as you can to made it turn at the crucial 
>moment
>when the bios starts the o/s.
>Make sure the fan continues turning!!!

Also make sure you installed it the right way around.  I had this same 
experience on another box when I installed it so that it was sucking 
instead of blowing...(on an AMD CPU it did actually suck, but perhaps the 
IBM one knows not to and refuses to post the success code).

Helen