EMERGENCY!

[Steven Vollom]

jerry wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
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>> When I turned the computer on, the case fans came on.  There was a 
>> single beep.  Nonetheless the fan on the heat sink did not come on, and 
>> it is fixed to the power post of the motherboard that was made for it.
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> I also recently built a new computer. I did not use the Asus mb or AMD 
> cpu etc.
> When I did my first powerup I also nearly had a heart attack because the 
> lights came on and the case fans spun up and the cpu fan did not start 
> immediately as I expected. Then after about 3 seconds it did start up 
> and then shut down again. I cold not turn it off fast enough fearing the 
> same outcome as you expressed.
>
> I did recheck all my connections and I did recall hearing 1 beep. I 
> expect 1 beep to be the normal startup signal. So after I was convinced 
> that everything was properly connected I held my breath, crossed my 
> fingers, said a very sincere prayer, and powered up again. It started up 
> in the exact same way and I resisted the fear and let the computer 
> startup. In another 3 seconds the cpu fan started up a second time and 
> continued to run. It ran fine.
>
> It seems my rig after I have powered off the mb will start, stop and 
> restart the cpu fan. It was all new to me and there was nothing in the 
> manual to warn me about this.
>
> Your mileage may vary and I don't want to encourage you to do anything 
> that may damage your computer.
> You could try to google for the problem (e,g, cpu 1 beep no cpu fan) or 
> post to a news group that answers questions about building pcs like     
> alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt.
>   
I have already exhausted a google search without confident results.  I 
am going to take the advice of those who assure me that the processor 
will auto-shut off and give it several minutes of test drive.  I will do 
this after I answer all the attempts for help.  Thanks to you.  Isn't 
this the best forum ever?
> Good luck
>
> Jerry
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