Re: [PLUG] My biggest fan

Yeah, sometimes when the EC/BMC detects an error like that, which can be occasional and unlikely to self-correct, it'll register a persistent fault, and one of the easiest ways to clear that is to reinitialize the BMC/EC, and one of the easiest ways to do *that* is to reload it's firmware.

So yeah, reflash same version firmware and see if it clears.

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:12 PM, brent saner <brent.saner@gmail.com> wrote:

as weird as this sounds, try reflashing the BIOS/EFI ROM. i seem to remember HP mobos being VERY finicky about hardware swaps

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015, 14:07 jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote:
I had inquired earlier about replacing the fan in my HP laptop and got
good answers - exactly the kind I wanted to hear.

This morning I took the bugger apart and replaced the fan. I hate ribbon
connectors almost as much as I hate M$ Office ribbon. Youtube was very
helpful.

The good news is that it came apart and back together with no extra or
broken parts. The bad news is that I still got the BIOS message about
foobed fan. This is a no-fix, correct? Some controller IC buried inside
another IC with custom firmware? I had hoped my recent hardware lockups
were just the fan.

The other good news is that I cleaned enough dust out of the intake to
build a dust cat. And the temps have gone WAY down.

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