The power supply fan draws air from inside the case and exhausts it to the outside. It's not that unusual to not have a separate case fan in consumer grade hardware.
As for the shutting down and rebooting, you need to disable "automatically restart" in the Control Panel / System / Properties / Advanced / Startup and Recovery tab. Then the reason for the reboot will be left on the screen so you can take notes and post the details (verbatim and complete, of course). Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam Franc Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 12:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: HARD:Case Fan needed? my daughters HP computer came without a case fan. Here is the reply she got from HP. > > Susan, > > Thank you for writing back. > > I had reviewed the specifications of your computer and found that the Mother board is equipped with Heat sink and does not require any fan. The pins are provided for future upgrade options. It is by design and no > need to worry. You may purchase the Fan from any HP authorized reseller. > > If you need further assistance, please reply to this message and we will > be happy to assist you further. > > Sincerely, > > Philip > HP Total Care I have never seen a case without an exhaust fan. How does the heat get out of the case without a fan? Her case has a lot of perforations. Can HP be depending on convection? Or is Philip just full of ****? The reason this started is that her computer keeps shutting down and rebooting. I told her it was because of heat build up. She needs a fan. Has anyone seen a case without a fan? Incidentally this has an AMD Athlon 3000 CPU in there. Sam -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
