PC Error

[Dune]

What I fear most has happened, my offline rendering machine gives trouble:

chassis intrude! please check your system
CPU fan error!
Fatal error... system halted

Hope this falls under warranty.... no rendering for now, alas.

Any magicians around?

[Kadri]

If it is only a "CPU fan error" it might be related to heat issue and
if there wasn't any harm to other parts it could be easily and cheaply changed.

[archonforest]

If u have warranty still just use it and get the company ti fix it. Do not try yourself as u might loose the warranty.
Otherwise this whole thing can be created by the faulty fan. Just chk if the power cable of the fan actually connected well on the mobo. Anycow if the cpu fan is dead do not try to use the pc. Some cpus can burn like this. Intel CPUs shuts down after a certain celsius to prevent damage.

[Dune]

It just appeared out of the blue, without excessive use, and can't have to do with chassis intrusion jumpers as this mobo doesn't have them. Clearing CMOS didn't help, fan is slow (is it slow?) @320RPM, but CPU is not much more than 54º when rendering. No cables loose.
But everytime I can't load OS. Seems like an issue with this mobo;  P8Z68-V, but just within warranty (36mths till November). Frustrating!

[kaedorg]

Ulco

Here is a link for problem which seems similar
https://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20081024173658250&board_id=1&model=P5K-E%2FWiFi-AP&SLanguage=en-us&page=1
Hope it helps

David

[archonforest]

Best to give it back to the shop as u still have warranty. Then they figure out the rest. Fix or give a replacement PC.

[Dune]

Thanks guys. They said to RMA it (the whole bulky machine), but if it's only a faulty fan, it's easier to just replace that first. I found a lot of those threads as well (not yours though). I may unscrew it once more and check the insides.
Also, the fan doesn't fall under warranty, but the mobo does, so I don't want excessive costs if RMA'ing it and it turns out to be the fan. On the other hand.... I must render!
I think I need another backup working machine.....

[jaf]

My instincts tell me a faulty fan wouldn't cause those problems (except cpu fan error) unless the cpu was overheating.  But maybe there's some interaction in the bios when the error is encountered.  If it's a variable speed fan, it likely would run slow without much cpu load, but most of those fans initially start at full speed and then back off until needed. 

Good luck and hope you get a speedy, low cost fix.   

[Upon Infinity]

Once, I had attempted to get some of the dust out of my fan, but wound up smearing the dust into the turning mechanism, disabling the fan.  The computer sensed that the fan wasn't turning and gave me an error instead of restarting.  Once the fan had been properly cleared of dust, and turned freely, the error went away.  Might be worth a shot.

[Dune]

Thanks for thinking along. The vendor assumes it's the mobo that's a bit 'unwell', which I found on the web, is a common thing with asus regarding attached fans. I cleaned it of dust, and it wasn't even very dirty. I don't think that's the problem. Taking it down on Monday, see what they find....

[mhall]

Hey Dune,

If you have stuff you need rendered while your backup machine is off, I've got that spare machine I can fire up for you.

Obviously that's not particularly useful if you are doing iterative tests and need really fast feedback, but if you have some finals that need rendering, let me know.

I actually have two Quad Core i7s sitting quietly - one with 16GB, one 24GB. They should be able to handle your scenes without troubles.

Same gentlemen's agreement as last time.

Regards,
~Micheal

[yossam]

I could help also if needed............you know the details. 

[Dune]

Thanks a lot guys, got the same offer from Kaedorg, you're true friends  But fortunately not, right now.

[mhaze]

Ditto, I have plenty of ram now!

[Dune]

Strange thing is; I still got the CPU fan error, but then it loads win7! Temps are quite ok when I render, about 60º C. I will check a few times, don't want to embarrass myself.... and thanks Mick!