stock cooler problem

[v0maru]

E6750 @ 2.66Ghz stock cooler
GIGABYTE p35 Ds3L
Mushkin em2 2x1 gb 5-5-5-18 ram
corsais vx450w psu
xfx geforce7600 256 mb

so ok here's the problem
the comp was build almost a month now
nothing happened until yesterday
when i boot up the machine, the stock fan went on and off. and the alarms start to go on when ever the fan stop spinning.
is the fan busted?

[sswilson]

Sounds like it, unless there is something funny going on in your bios.

Make sure there's nothing blocking the fan blades (like a cable from something else) then go into bios and see if you can set the fan speed to 100% to verify that it's working.

[Cardboard box with DSL]

I my older Gigabyte board did that when I first started it up, the fan would spin, then stop. I cant remember off the top of my head which setting it was, but it was just a random BIOS setting that I had to correct...
Try clearing the CMOS, and if you can access the BIOS, quickly disable the Q-fan control and that 'should' do it.

***Found it! Put your CPU fan header on one of the 3 pin ones (this is temporary, I just want your cpu to be cooled while you change the setting), the go into your BIOS and under PC Health Status, disable the CPU Smart FAN Control***