Nothing been replaced so they are the original Dell build fans from the factory. I’ve tried air blasting to clean the fan but this hasn’t made a difference. Diagnostics reports no faults so why is BIOS getting hung up on this if the fan is working fine.
Was the Dell fan replaced with a non-Dell fan on those that require F1? Dell fans have extra components on the fan and "report" to the BIOS. A non-Dell fan will generate a "fan failure" and require manually pressing an F key to boot. No way to get around it with a non-Dell fan.
Inspiron 16 5630 Laptop and WD22TB4 Docking Station
Self-built desktop for recording studio application
On one of them, reseat the fan connector (with the PC powered off). Then power on and see if it helps. If not, do a CMOS memory (BIOS) reset. But before you do the rest, note any customization you have in the BIOS as it will have to be re-entered after the reset. To reset CMOS memory, with the PC powered off, remove the CR2032 coin cell battery on the motherboard for at least 10 minutes. Reinstall the battery and power on and see if this fixes it.
If not it may be the fan electronics that the BIOS senses is bad and if that's the case, a new (Dell) fan will be needed. If you have a working system that you can spare, take the fan out of that system and install (temporarily connect to one of the PC's that has the problem and see if fixes it.
Inspiron 16 5630 Laptop and WD22TB4 Docking Station
Self-built desktop for recording studio application
I changed both cpu and rear fans with noctua 4 pins fans. I unplugged the PWM signal pin from fans connectors. Both fans start and spin at full speed. No more bios alerts and now I have satisfying silent cooling.
@Daniela Barrantes The easiest fix, which you may have tried already, is to be sure to enable all the drives in the bios and make sure it sees your drive. Dell BIOS allows you to enable and disable drives. If this fails, try a new cable, a new SATA port, if that's what you're using.
If you are using an M2 Stick you may have other issues. There are ways to manually build the boot sector, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here.
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