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Adam, >Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:26:29 -0500 >From: address@hidden >Organization: University of Louisiana at Monroe >To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden> >Subject: Re: 20030616: did something change at ULM? (cont.) The above message contained the following: > Well, that might be one problem. I actually took the computer apart, > not off (it is a tower)and looked. Low and behold, there was a fan > not spinning. That's probably bad. > The fan however is fine, the power connector on the > motherboard is dead. I guess that is why the BIOS alarm for fan RPMs > did not go off, the actual mobo connection is broken. Sigh!!! I will > have it fixed tomorrow. > > Note: There are actually no fans on the CPU's themsevels, just one > big fan and a plastic cover to shunt the air through them. The fan > that was not working was the air intake fan on the front. This would > explain why tornado locked up this weekend(it was still in the server > cabinite) > > however.... > > If it still shuts down now, it shouldn't be because of over > heating(the case is wide open and away from the other computers. I > do not know how low the bios settings are but sometime late tonight i > will restart the computer and check these settings in the BIOS. Not > more then 5 min of downtime should be expected. If you have a table fan, you might direct the air from it into the open system box. > Thanks > > Adam Taylor Regards, Steve Emmerson