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Mentali$T

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Yesterday i took out the second hdd from this computer into an old one. I managed to get my current computer working again without the hdd (this was the boot one) so thats ok but when i put the other hdd into my old computer, connected everything up my cpu fan goes crazy.
Everytime i switch the computer on it will start up, with nothing coming up on the monitor and the fan sounds like its taking off :s it just keeps getting louder.

Anyone know what the problem could be?

Thanks
 
Mentali$T said:
Yesterday i took out the second hdd from this computer into an old one. I managed to get my current computer working again without the hdd (this was the boot one) so thats ok but when i put the other hdd into my old computer, connected everything up my cpu fan goes crazy.
Everytime i switch the computer on it will start up, with nothing coming up on the monitor and the fan sounds like its taking off :s it just keeps getting louder.

Anyone know what the problem could be?

Thanks
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Bad fan or bad motherboard.

Hard drive wouldn't cause that.

This is why old computers aren't worth f*cking with.
 
It's not even that old. i havent used it for about 5 months thats all. If the cpu is getting really hot does that make the fan faster? Maybe i need to replace the thermal pad on the heatsink cos thats never been changed. What do you think?
 
Yeah, that could be the problem. I'd make sure that you're getting propper heat transfer from the CPU to the heatsink, and then after that if your fan's still going crazy, i'd say it's the motherboard. The HDD should have no effect on this. *Should.*

Anyway, until you find out for sure that your heat sink is working properly, i'd not keep the comptuer on for more than a second or two becuase you don't want to make your CPU all nice and crispy.
 
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