Computer CPR
I went into my office this afternoon to scan something. All of a sudden, the system became unresponsive. I restarted the computer and the motherboard said (yes, mine speaks), "CPU FAN FAILED!"
Oh. My. God.
You know how when someone's heart stops, you have only a certain amount of time to revive them before they become brain damaged? That's how it is with a CPU fan. CPUs run so hot that they must constantly be cooled or they can burn up and become useless. Without a CPU-that big chip on the motherboard-the system is nothing.
With a sigh, I restarted the system again. The same thing happened. So, I shut it down and opened the patient's chest to take a look. I mean, case, case-I opened the computer case. I watched closely as I turned the computer back on. The fan would not restart.
Unable to deal with it right now, I turned off the computer and came downstairs to the safety of my laptop. I'm depressed. The system upstairs is the mothership and I need it to work.
Exactly one year ago, when I was building the system (yeah, I'm that much of a geek) I had problems sort of like this. I would turn it on and the voice inside would exclaim, "CPU FAN FAILED DUE TO SYSTEM OVERCLOCKING!" Only I wasn't overclocking. It happened so many times that I started to take it personally. It was like having someone accuse you of overexciting someone on purpose so that they run a fever that almost KILLS THEM. That's rude. It turned out that it was indeed a lie and the motherboard was bad, so I did fix it. But now? I have no clue.
I am worried that the CPU may be fried already. I'll go upstairs later and get the paddles, call for some thermal compound, and shout "CLEAR!" as I try to restart it. If it doesn't revive...well, I'll figure it out later.
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