Thanks for all the info/advice on my fan situation.  Apparently the 12V
source thru the motherboard has burned out.  I put a meter on the jacks and
get absolutely 0v from them.

I ended up connecting the fans to a power supply plug.  All is well again!

I'm going to complain to ABIT, maybe they will do something about this
situation.  They certainly should have noted this in the manual if there is
a limit on the motherboard fan connectors in regards to power draw.

Funny thing is, I also have a second, slightly older, BX6R2 that has had
3fans hooked to the motherboard from day one!  Everything works fine with
that one.

Thanks again!
Tim Klymkow

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Moore" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] CPU/System Fans


> A really good place for Abit information is the usenet newsgroup
> alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit.  There were a lot of messages when the
> bx6-2 first came out about people burning   out their fan connectors on
the
> motherboard by connecting fans that were too powerful .  There is not a
> thing you can do except find some adapters that will let you plug your
fans
> directly into the power supply connectors or to return the board.  Try
your
> vendor first and then Abit if you don't get any satisfaction.  I've had a
> bx6-2 installed for several months but I'm running all fans  including my
> Alpha cooler off 4 pin power supply connectors.  I wouldn't run my machine
> at all without fans.
>
> Ben Moore
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Klymkow"
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 8:10 PM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] CPU/System Fans
>
>
> > I have a ABIT BX6R2 motherboard in my homemade PC.  Everything has been
> > working fine (months) until last night.
> >
> > The three fans (2 case, cpu) that are plugged into the motherboard have
> > stopped working.  The PC itself stills works fine, but will freeze when
> the
> > CPU temp gets too high.
> >
> > I have not been able to figure out what may have caused this to happen.
> Can
> > not find anything in the manual or ABIT's website.  Nothing in the BIOS
> > seems to make a difference either.

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