So today I turned on my computer to be greeted by a sexy black and white display of "Alert! Previous fan failure!" Now, I wasn't aware of any fan failures in the past, but whatever.
Anyway, I turned the comp off because I was afraid it was about to meeeeelt. Went onto the old crappy comp and started a chat with Dell support (more because I suspected I might need a warranty fan replacement than because I thought they could do anything
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Anywyay. The guy told me I should go into the BIOS and clear the event log. Because I'm naturally mistrustful, I decided I should look in the event log before clearing it
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"6/29/05 22:58:48 Out of Range CPU0 Fan"
Anyway, after that I cleared the event log and restarted, with no error message. The guy said that meant the problem was gone. I looked behind the comp with a flashlight and both fans are indeed running. However, a quick googling off "Out of Range CPU0 Fan" showed me this:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13254624
This guy has the exact same system as I do, except 256mb more ram (I have 768). The people on that forum say a replacement is urgent. However, his problem is recurring, for me it's only happened once. Should I just wait and see what happens?
Thx for the help
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