hi, my hard drive fan went and i need to disable it in my bios.
it says:
Alert! hard drive fan failure. Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility.

I have a Dimension 9200c

Vista
4gb ram
cpu 2.13 intel

thanks a lot guys. It may not be a HD fan but a CPU/Heatsink Fan attached over that needed to be replaced. How many CPU tower fans being used and have you tried reinserting them? its the hd fan not the cpu fan. Hard Drive fan failure? Interesting...

It sounds like you are trying to follow this advice:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/p/19286795/19689895.aspx

If your hard drive has a fan, disabling it will not solve the problem. It will just increase the potential for damage.

Do you have experience opening up the side of your computer and physically interacting with the hardware?yes I do have experience opening up the side of your computer and physically interacting with the hardware.
My HD Fan doesn't work... my question is without this fan can it lead to more problems. I always had hd without fans.... this computer is the first.

thanks  Have you thought about replacing the fan?     http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=hard+drive+fan&x=0&y=0replacing the fan is on the mind right now lol

will it give me hd issue if i don't?

the reason i ask is because this is the first pc i know that ever had a hd fan.

thanks Unplug it.i did unplug the fan... will i still have hd issue without it 
i still get this error message with it unplug
thanks I believe the answer regarding a possible heat issue is that it depends on the air circulation in your computer case without the hard drive fan.  How many fans are INSIDE your computer and what's their air FLOW direction?  Typically, any fan in front of the computer draws air in and fan(s) on back are pointed outward to move warm air out of the case. 

ALSO, removing the non-functioning hard drive fan may be the best approach since it's presence might be a slight obstruction to air flow around the hard drive.

Also, you might install HWMonitor and see whether it give you a hard drive temperature reading.  I've used it on my Windows 7 system and it works well. 
i'm going to buy a new hd fan so it will remove the error message and no heat issues... the tower is thin so i do need more air flow.
I'll let you know if everthing went ok.
Thanks everbody! The fan works now but i still get the error... what gives 

Thanks Quote from: Slayer666 on March 07, 2011, 05:26:49 PM

The fan works now but i still get the error... what gives 

Thanks

  HD FAN header is connected to the hd itself on the motherboard.
in the bios configuration... i don't see it at all unless i miss it and i look like a 100 times.

Thanks