A8N SLI Deluxe, Q-Fan crashes system

[Darkelldar]

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If I turn on the Q-Fan function the system will randomly reboot. Turn it off
the system is Rock Solid. Anyone heard of this problem. Note it has done it
with BIOS's 1002 (came with board), 1003 and now 1004.

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
Athlon64 3500+ (Newcastle)
1 Gig Crucial PC3200 Ram 256 x 4
ATI X700 Pro 256 Meg
2 Maxtor DiamondMax 9 120 Gig SATA Drives (non raid) on NV controler
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value OEM
Enermax 350 watt PS with 24 Pin Power
LG DVD burner 16x Dual Layer
LG DVD drive

Thanx for any help.

 

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DarkElldar wrote:
> If I turn on the Q-Fan function the system will randomly reboot. Turn
it off
> the system is Rock Solid. Anyone heard of this problem. Note it has
done it
> with BIOS's 1002 (came with board), 1003 and now 1004.
>
> Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
> Athlon64 3500+ (Newcastle)
> 1 Gig Crucial PC3200 Ram 256 x 4
> ATI X700 Pro 256 Meg
> 2 Maxtor DiamondMax 9 120 Gig SATA Drives (non raid) on NV controler
> Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value OEM
> Enermax 350 watt PS with 24 Pin Power
> LG DVD burner 16x Dual Layer
> LG DVD drive
>
> Thanx for any help.
My board is about 3 weeks old and the chipset fan went teats up.

What a cheesball fan. I removed it from the MOBO, cut the label away
on the backside, removed the shaft keeper, and inspected the parts. I
don't know what kind of lubrication they put on this very simple
journal bearing, but it was black.

I cleaned it up and was going to reinstall it, but found another in my
box of tricks that's modestly bigger, that ran the first time for over
two years before it needed attention.

I just can't believe I'd have a failure like this after only a few
weeks.

Looks like the fellow recommending the Zalman ZM-NB47J has the right
idea.