just built my first machine, ev erything seems good so far build wise, spec is as follows
1 x ASUS M3A 770 Socket AM2+ 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
2 x OCZ 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 667MHz/PC2-5400 MEMORY Kit Vista Upgrade EDITION
1 x Scythe Ninja-CU Full Copper Heatsink with Quiet Fan Limited Edition Socket 478/754/939/AM2/775 Processor Cooler
1 x Arctic Power 700W PSU - With PCI-E, 4x SATA, 20+4, ATX12V, 8pin +12V Connectors
1 x Western Digital GREEN Power 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM
1 x AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition Socket AM2+ 2.5GHz 4MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
1 x Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi XTREME Audio Soundcard
1 x Xion Stacker Black Full Tower Case - No PSU
1 x PowerColor HD 3870X2 1GB Quad Display 3xDVI 1xHDMI TV Out PCI-E Graphics Card
Am trying to install vista, but first error is cpu fan error! any ideas???
secondly wont boot of vista disk i get "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key" despite pressing key just keep getting this, bios is recognising both HDD and dvd-drive. Incidently dvd drive is donor out of my old machine! please please helpIs your cpu fan running? Is the cpu fan getting its power from the aptly labeled "cpu fan" pins on the motherboard? yeah cpu running from right pins, so much so i nearly cut my finger off LOLYou can probably look at the CPU temp and fan speeds in the BIOS, probably under the head of PC Health (or something similiar). What shows up there? cpu fan speed 780rpm
chassis fan speed N/A
power fan speed 1757 rpm

thinking about it i may NEED to new gel as old stuff was left out a couple of days due to being messed about by suppliercpu temp on 59 - 60c