Are you getting power for the fan from a connector on the motherboard? Or is
it via direct connection from the power supply? If the former, you might try
the latter. Will probably just require the right splitter to insert into the
harness.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"Ian H" wrote in message
...
WHAT, your running this computer,,,,,,,, and what finally prompted you
to
change the fan,,, errors?
Did you put "Arctic Silver" or some thermal transfer compound between
the
fan and CPU?
Did you notice a blue surface on the CPU top?
If you removed the CPU, did you ensure you didn't bend a pin or fail to
reseat it properly?

What is happening is likely errant code manipulation on the CPU,, you
may
have damaged transistors, micro circuitry that is likely cross
jumping,,,
possible CPU coding burn,, :

The worse case scenario is that when this CPU goes it will take out
EVERYTHING, including your video card, your hard drive, and anything
else
in
the computer... they don't like having 12 volts run through 5 volt
circuits,
nothing likes a dead short,, the voltage regulators are likely wildly
fluctuating.. the access is being corrupted, the writes impossible or
wrong,,,

But good luck...

--
MEB

It is not my computer, it is a friends. It was giving bsod's 7 days ago
and
she asked me to check it. I copied the *error mgs* and checked out
some sites on my computer, coming up with the site that haggis pointed
out.
After realising it could be overheating I went back and looked inside,
only
to find the fan struggling to spin. (slight bearing noise, not audible
with
cover
on).
I purchased a fan for her that day and installed it. (it screws onto the
heat
sink so no goo needed.)
Computer seemed to run fine but has been tossing out bsod's by the
bucket load in the last few days, 4 of them being prominent, they are the
ones I posted here to you.
I will try and find a shop that still has a similar cpu, or something her
mobo
can handle, but dont hold out much hope this close to xmas.
I will tell her not to use it til the problem is sorted.

Ian H