Hi,

I have a Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 motherboard, an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield, Socket 775 LGA cpu, and Windows XP Pro x64.

I haven't had any problems with my pc until now. I haven't installed any new programs or drivers within the past 4 to 6 weeks.

When I rebooted about an hour ago, my computer started beeping and tried to boot over and over. The beep was the sound that the motherboard beeps when it's posting but the beeps were short, one after the other, non-stop and it never finished booting.

I then opened my computer case and noticed that the cpu fan wasn't spinning. I checked the cpu connection to the motherboard and the power connector to the cpu fan and they were snug, but I unplugged them and replugged them to make sure. The board has a CMOS reset button so I pressed it. I unplugged everything from the wall socket and also from the rear of the case and let it set for about 1/2 hr. After I plugged everything back in and tried to start it again, the beep started again and again it wouldn't boot all the way to Windows.

I checked for malware problems using Avast, SuperAntiSpyware, MBAM and AdAware but only a few cookies were found.

Is it ok for the cpu fan not to be spinning? It might be thermistatically controlled, but I don't know if it is.

I couldn't find anything in the motherboard manual about short beeps, one after the other. Does anyone have an idea of what could be wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.