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2007-04-08 18:35:51
CommieChipmunk
Member
+488|7036|Portland, OR, USA
Jesus this Vista thing is just nothing but problems :p

Okay, hopefully this is the last bug I have to work out.

I have a Coolermaster stacker 830 (in black, because black is more 1337 than silver)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6811119103

So I have 7x120mm fans running (plus like 4 other little ones cooling my video card and ram)

And all of them work, except one.  Now don't go telling me I have a dead fan, because this one works right when I boot it up but after like 2 or 3 seconds it stops (it has a blue LED so that goes out and the fan stops.. that's how I know).

I have an Evga 680i mobo so I can hook up a lot of fans, but not all of them, so I bought a fan controller which I hook the 4 side fans up to.  The one I hook the top one up to (the one that doesn't work) is on the motherboard Along with 1 other fan and my ram fan (they all use the 3 pin connectors).

So aside from using one of my adapters to turn the 3 pin into a molex -- is there a bios setting that's not letting it run or what?
2007-04-08 19:21:51
maffiaw
ph33r me 傻逼
+40|6887|Melbourne, AUS
wow you seem to have masses of fans - check PSU power. As Vista takes up more hardware even when running idle, it could be giving your psu a run for its money.
if not, try running the fan on another pc.
it might not hurt to recheck fan connections to the mobo

my 2c.
2007-04-08 19:27:54
CommieChipmunk
Member
+488|7036|Portland, OR, USA
750w power supply.

Don't think power is an issue -- only a 7900 gt, 1 HDD, e6600.  And it works right before it starts up
2007-04-09 04:24:07
max
Vela Incident
+1,652|7034|NYC / Hamburg

maybe some BIOS setting that will only spin that fan if some component gets too hot? Try installing speedfan or smart guardian or whatever to force the fan
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2007-04-09 04:48:41
Stormscythe
Aiming for the head
+88|7015|EUtopia | Austria
I also think that the motherboard controls the fan's rotation and assumes the fan would even turn with 5V or something like this. As it's a LED-fan, however, it's not meant to be used below stock speeds and voltage.
I've got have a LED fan that doesn't work below 9V aswell.

 

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