The fan has not been replaced before. The fan came with the machine
and it spins quite okay thats why I am amazed by this error message.

On 12/08/2010, John Sproule <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Is this a replacement fan or did the original fan stop being detected?  If
> it is a replacement fan, does it have the same number of wires as the
> original (e.g. 3 or 4 wires) and is it plugged into the same fan header on
> the motherboard that the original fan was plugged into?  Does the BIOS have
> a hardware monitoring section, and if so, what does it indicate about the
> CPU fan's speed?
>
> Hopefully, the answers to these questions will help diagnose what is going
> on.
>
> John Sproule
>
> ------- Original Message Below ---------
>
> Date:    Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:26:12 +0300
> From:    Romario chipo <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Fan cannot be detected
>
> I have a Compaq DX2300M that will not boot because the system detects that
> the Fan is not running. In fact the fan spins and an error is posted just
> after the post: Fan cannot be detected. System is shutting down to prevent
> the PC from damage. I have disabled the automatic detection of fan in the
> CMOS but this does not solve the problem. I even reset the CMOS battery but
> to no avail.
>
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