cpu not spinning

[Jevnaker]

working on my grandads old desktop opened it up to blow some dust and changing the cooling goo. and now the cpu fan wont spin. the power works because the hdds spins up. it for some reason starts at once you connect a power cable to it. and i get no signal error on the screen for it. on top there used to be an weird piece of cooler master plastic which i have removed for troubleshooting purposes. i use a brand new vga cable btw. i can't seem to locate any sort of light bulb on the motherboard.

[wilamu]

 

Is it plugged into the correct header on the mobo? 

[PacketAtlas]

It should say CPUFAN1 or something along those lines right next to the pins.

[PacketAtlas]

1 minute ago, PacketAtlas said:

It should say CPUFAN1 or something along those lines right next to the pins.

Sometimes it may not say anything though, depending on your board.

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, Jevnaker said:

working on my grandads old desktop opened it up to blow some dust and changing the cooling goo. and now the cpu fan wont spin. the power works because the hdds spins up. it for some reason starts at once you connect a power cable to it. and i get no signal error on the screen for it. on top there used to be an weird piece of cooler master plastic which i have removed for troubleshooting purposes. i use a brand new vga cable btw. i can't seem to locate any sort of light bulb on the motherboard.

Sorry, but the title made me laugh. the CPU should not spin, the fan should.

It has a speaker, so it should beep a error.

Just now, PacketAtlas said:

Sometimes it may not say anything though, depending on your board.

It should be close to the fan though, so you can go with that.

 

[Princess Luna]

Thank god your CPU isn't spinning that would be messed up, the name for that is cpu cooler... Also this computer seems like it has over 10 years already, why not consider building a cheap new one? Look at those hard disks this must be a painfully slow machine.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Thank god your CPU isn't spinning that would be messed up, the name for that is cpu cooler... Also this computer seems like it has over 10 years already, why not consider building a cheap new one? Look at those hard disks this must be a painfully slow machine.

I was focusing on the cooler, looks like a Pentium 4... And it doesn't even have a slot for a graphics card.

[Jevnaker]

the fan mb connector is hidden beneath the wire mess in top right corner. it says cpufan1 next to it. and i said cpu only in title sorry. it is my grandads pc he has laptops he uses more now due to problems with this one i thought blowing of all the dust and stuff might help a little bit. the hdd are like 10, 19 gb around there.

[Princess Luna]

3 minutes ago, Jevnaker said:

the fan mb connector is hidden beneath the wire mess in top right corner. it says cpufan1 next to it. and i said cpu only in title sorry. it is my grandads pc he has laptops he uses more now due to problems with this one i thought blowing of all the dust and stuff might help a little bit. the hdd are like 10, 19 gb around there.

You might as well as just retire it you can blow as much air duster as you want on it, this machine still uses IDE Hard Disk Drivers, it is a lost cause already, you should, provided that now the fans are "fixed" make a backup of all the important data on it and really look for another machine from this decade

[Jevnaker]

12 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

You might as well as just retire it you can blow as much air duster as you want on it, this machine still uses IDE Hard Disk Drivers, it is a lost cause already, you should, provided that now the fans are "fixed" make a backup of all the important data on it and really look for another machine from this decade

if you could come with some constructive comments instead that would be great.

[Jevnaker]

it was the cpu fan mb connector that had stopped working

[Jevnaker]

looking for cable extension for one of these

[NumLock21]

Did u even try turning it on before you start the cleaning?

[Jevnaker]

yes i have fixed the hardware issue now i have started trying deal with the software. ie uninstalling avg nation toolbar and connecting it to the net the uninstallers auto crash no matter what i try to uninstall