[SOLVED] CPU fan was not running, have I done any damage?

[bazz5313]

Hi,
Just switched on my new PC. After a several minutes of doing the initial Windows 10 setup, I noticed my Be Quiet CPU fan was not running. (Could see it through the glass panel on my case). I switched PC off, and found that the Be Quite fan wire was not connected to the CPU Fan pins on the motherboard. All connected now and running.

I will be contacting the company that built the PC to complain. The connecter is quite hard to push in, so it has not just come loose in transit!

Have I damaged my CPU - I felt the back of the vanes and it was warm, nothing more. ? CPU was running from brand new for 5/10 mins without a fan.

Many thanks.

 

[CountMike]

Hi,
Just switched on my new PC. After a several minutes of doing the initial Windows 10 setup, I noticed my Be Quiet CPU fan was not running. (Could see it through the glass panel on my case). I switched PC off, and found that the Be Quite fan wire was not connected to the CPU Fan pins on the motherboard. All connected now and running.

I will be contacting the company that built the PC to complain. The connecter is quite hard to push in, so it has not just come loose in transit!

Have I damaged my CPU - I felt the back of the vanes and it was warm, nothing more. ? CPU was running from brand new for 5/10 mins without a fan.

Many thanks.

If it's still running than not, modern CPUs have protection from overheating.

 

[mdd1963]

Any modern CPU will throttle itself down in clock frequency is to keep temps below 100C..

I'd not worry about it any further...

 

[SamirD]

I don't think you have anything to worry. Just do some stress testing once you have everything set up and make sure you don't have issues.

 

[xravenxdota]

My brother had a cpu that ran 144c back in the day cause his coolers fan sieced and it worked for another 3-4 years 😁.If it runs still fine there's most prob no harm done.But it's always best to inspect the hardware before switching on.My brothers pre-build arive with nothing plugged in.It had windows on but they installed it using a different pc reason they didn't see it not working