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		rajup on Nov 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More than you cared to know about PC fans Ah reminds me of the time when I was a kid and my PC would randomly crash and would not start for a while. Turns out the processor fan was janky and would not start occasionally requiring a push with a pen or something to get it going. So the POST process in my case had an extra step: "have human check CPU fan"!

themoonisachees on Nov 23, 2022 [–]

Same, but my motherboard actually checked the fan was spinning so post literally involved me checking the fan when told

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