My daughters main fan,the one located with the powerbox, is no longer rotating and it overheated.
I cleaned the fan out,she has several pets in her house and neglected to do this herself so that was the obvious cause of the problem.

 The computer boots up and operates fine still so the overheating had not damaged anything apparent.
 I don't keep it powered up any longer than needed,just a few moments,long enough to see if the fan started rotating again after I cleaned it out,it doesn't.

So my questions are...
(stupid questions,most likely,but I thought I'd check anyway)

1. The fan should be firing up immediately and not only when it gets hot,right?

2. Can the fan alone be replaced or should the entire powerbox assembly be replaced?

The powerbox is tiny so replacement would be a pain,but since its fairly good computer so it'll be worth saving for my younger daughters college assignments, so I'm gonna give it a shot.

It's a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion,about 3 1/2 years old.

Julie Bray

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