On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:22:57 -0600, "Brian A."
gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote:


"glee" wrote in message

"Antares 531" wrote in message
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The only time I've seen a CPU fan spin then stop then spin, is when
there has been a power interruption to the fan, or the power supply was
faulty. That doesn't mean that the only possibility...only that it is
all I have seen.

Could this fan interruption be caused by a faulty fan speed control
module on the motherboard? The BIOS provides means for setting the
fan's on and off temperature values and also for regulating the fan's
speed. Maybe the module that controls this is failing. I'm wondering
if it might shed some light on this if I would plug the CPU fan into a
different fan power socket on the motherboard. Gordon

Just a little off-topic but I'm curious about this setting you turned
on......
What is the exact wording of the BIOS setting you turned on to use the
mouse to start the computer?
In what section title of the BIOS setup is it located?
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
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Glen,

I've never seen the "mouse double click start" either but I wouldn't rule it
out. I have a Matsonic mobo w/Award BIOS in my 98SE box and there is a Hot Key
setting where the machine can be cold booted by pressing ctrl+f12.

Brian, I'm surprised to find that this double click left mouse
start-up is so unusual. I've used it in other computers, and like it.
This lets me keep the keyboard dead and inactive when the computer is
shut down and not inadvertently bump some key that starts the
computer.

I checked this out carefully, this morning when I started this
computer after it had been shut down over night. A double click on the
left mouse button brought it alive. I know the computer had been shut
down all the way, and not in hibernate or sleep mode. In fact, I had
pulled the power cable just to be sure it wouldn't somehow try to come
alive during the night and really mess things up.

Gordon