Yesterday I opened my machine to dust and clean it. Was extra careful with it. After re-assembling it and booting it, I got a "cpu fan error sceeen". So I tried moving the CPU fan around, getting it to a new position, and now I'm not getting any signal input from my computer at all. I've already tried moving almost every piece around, unplugging all the unnecessary stuff, but still no result. Would appreciate some help with this as it's the weekend, aka my only moment of rest of the week.

  • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    4 years ago

    So I tried moving the CPU fan around, getting it to a new position, and now I’m not getting any signal input from my computer at all.

    Wait what? Are you talking about the CPU cooler fan that's supposed to be bolted onto your CPU with thermal paste applied? Cos if you moved that around you might not even boot cos the CPU is overheating.

    What's your cpu and motherboard, if you have that info on hand?

    • Vayeate [they/them]
      ·
      4 years ago

      cpu wont instantly overheat at boot. even with zero heatsink it should last for a 10+ seconds before throttling

    • cummunist [he/him,they/them]
      hexagon
      ·
      4 years ago

      When I say move around I mean I took off the radiator to add a bit of thermal paste, before building it all back in place(that was before booting it up). I built that computer myself so no worries about me breaking something that was factory made. After booting up and getting the fan error all did with the fan was plug it to another set of four pins and change what side of the radiator it was on. Which I ended up putting back in it's initial place eventually

      • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        Hmmm, then it sounds like maybe your CPU fan died- do what the other Chapo suggested and unplug everything and leave the case open/take it out and put it on a box. Then turn it on and check to see if your CPU fan is spinning etc.

        • cummunist [he/him,they/them]
          hexagon
          ·
          4 years ago

          The fan is spinning just right. Thats ain't my problem. My problem is that I don't get any display signal at all on my monitors. with or without the graphics card, with or without any disks/ram etc.