1. O.K I plugged the three pin lead into the motherboard and this seems to have sorted out the cpu fan.Im not sure if this is right but it seems to work.
>The three pin plug must be in the three pin socket next to the CPU itself so that fan RPM is available to BIOS. It sounds like you did this correctly but when you boot up go into BIOS and check CPU Fan RPM in the hardware section. DId you use a thermal paste between the HSF and the CPU?
2. I have now plugged the two pin connector coming from the arctic cooler into the two pin adapter from the psu and this seems to wotk the fan now.Again im not sure if this is right but it works.
> I assume this is an adapter that came with the Arctis Cooler. Did you use an thermal paste between the GPU and Arctic Cooler?
3. The vantec fan i bought- there is only one place i can see to plug this into and that is the motherboard.but the wire isnt long enough to reach to the gril on the back of the case.any suggestions? is this even the right place to plug it in?
> Some fans come with this connector so that the fan can be plugged into the mobo and read in BIOS and controlled by a mobo program such as Cool & Quiet. It should hav had an adapter packaged withit so you can plug it into a regular 4 pin power lead. If not try anfd order one if possible (try coolerguys.com) or just go to the local PC Store and get a cheap fan with the correct plug. They're only like $5.
Finally i tested a game and the same problem still happens.it runs fine for about twenty minutes and then it crashes completely and makes a constant beeping sound! this is driving my crazy.especially as i justy bought all ythe new stuff and still have the same problem.The temperature seemed fine the Gpu was about 35 and the Cpu was about 45 so i dont think its the temperature.Any ideas? thanks
>OK those temps sound A LOT better and are within the good to great range! Since your readings are all good then I'll assume my above questions are rhetorical but just let me know that you used a thermal paste anyways.
What kind of beeping are you hearing? At this site you can read what various BIOS beeps make. This link goes to the Award BIOS section but there are other BIOS maker codes in there just check your BIOS maker when you boot up.
http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htmI realize that it is a little frustrating but you solved a HUGE problem by getting the temps down to normal levels. If you hadn't resolved that problem you were due for a catastrophic system failure. Now you can move on to whatever other issues there are.
Remember that roubleshootimng can be several levels deep. Solve one really bad problem so you can see a couple of smaller problems. Therre may very well be a power issue (read my post on the first page about where your PSU is on the capability scale) First let me know what the beeps mean, in your best estimation, from that web page.
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