DELL Boot issues

[MiamiJones]

USED DELL OPTIPLEX GX150 P3 1GHZ


Setting up a box for some roomates. The Pc I got was used. I set it up and put some parts in it. After the Dell post screen I get a message Alert fan not installed! Well there is no fan connected I know that. But after that a messages comes up "F1 to boot or F2 to run setup". The primary boot option is the CD and then HD. The machine after hitting F1 just beeps and repeats the same message. Anyone got any ideas?? The drvies are on the mainboard controller no expansion controller.

Thanks in advance.

 

[JackRipper]

Fix the fan issue.

Press F2 to go into bios and make sure the configurations are correct... make sure the IDE's are all enabled.

Dust computer, make sure all installed components work in other PC's (specifically memory, video, hd, and cdrom drive.

Boot it up... good luck!

 

[MiamiJones]

I bought a 80mm fan and it still didnt work. I plugged it in right into the CPU pin area. How is this Dell MB able to detect the presence of a fan ? Its so annoying. Please anyone with some bright ideas.

JAck u stil laround what next?

 

[dfuze]

On my Asus board, it can also sense if the fan is spinning too slowly to give an error message. In essence, it's there for a good reason, to shut down the pc in before the chip burns out.

You bought and plugged in an 80mm fan into the cpu fan pin. Stupid question, but does the CPU have a heatsink on it? The pc should have come with some sort of heatsink/fan combo to keep the cpu cool.

When you plugged in that 80mm fan, does it spin when you turn on the pc?

 

[MiamiJones]

Yeah the 80mm fan spins. I'm not sure if it is fast enough. But these year 2000 Dells had all these sensors. I'm wondering if the sensor is bad. I used to work on a few of these at my old job but we always gutted them and sold the customer another PC.

Anyone have any ideas?

My nest 2 options:
1) Buy a GX150 HSF from eBay --OR--

2) Buy a GX150 mobo with HSF

I was thinking if I got a HSF that was used for htis PC it would work. The pc now has just the heatsink and someone pulled the fan. So this could probally fix it. But its a tough call I could waste a few bucks. It is adding up.

Any ideas welcome.

 

[JackRipper]

The optical drive u have installed, is it trying to boot anything there? (ie an OS install CD?)

What previous OS was on the HD?

can we get full specs of teh machine in ques?


JR

 

[Zelvek]

Is the fan a 3 pin fan or is the third pin unused? The third pin is the RPM sensor that tells the Mobo how fast the fan is spinning. If the fan does not have the third pin or if it is not a fast enough fan the bios could refuse to boot for safety reasons (to stop overheating). You can possibly go into the bios and disable or edit the settings for the fan shut off but being that it is a pre-build vendor PC this may not be available.

 

[Dolorous Dave]

The fans on those Dells are made specifically for the CPU, you can't just throw any fan in there if I recall correctly.