On 19 May 99, at 6:53, Vincent Young wrote: > Has anyone run accross "hardware monitor" detecting an error > on an asus p2b - no cpu fan - disabling the monitor only by passes > the error message. The P2B, like many modern boards, includes a monitoring chip which predominately measures temperature and fan rpm. Presumably this is reporting an apparently stopped (burnt out or bearing seized, or perhaps power lost) CPU fan, and is acting to prevent heat damage to expensive system components. Haven't actually *seen* the message before, though -- there is no CPU for this board that you should be trying to run without a fan! Maybe the board expects the CPU fan to be plugged into a different place on the board; dual- CPU P2Bs probide three fan power connections, so a single-CPU board probably offers at least two. David G PCBUILD's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>