Case fans not spinning up (Yoyotech/NZXT built system)

Associate
Joined
11 Dec 2003
Posts
599
Location
London
New build (or rather, system purchase - I didn't build it) and the two case fans are failing to fire up on start up.

Is this normal behaviour? Do some mobo/case combinations boot without spin up and kick in only when temps rise?

Seems odd to me. Also the case is advertised as having white case lighting which isn't coming on.

These are my specs:

Case: NZXT S340 (with x2 NZXT branded fans installed)
Processor: 8th Generation Intel® 6-Core™ i7 8700k
Motherboard: ASUS Z370 Chipset ASUS Prime 2370-PII
Graphics: Dedicated NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ASUS Turbo-GTX1080-8G (air cooled)
Memory: 16GB G.Skill Trident Z high-performance RGB memory
SSD: 250GB Solid state drive 256GB SK Hynix SC311 SSD
Hard Drive: 2TB 7200rpm Toshiba 2TB P300 Internal Hard Disk Drive/HDD HDWD120UZSVA
Wi-Fi: Intergrated 300Mbps Wi-Fi Card Asus PCE-N15
CPU Cooling: Cooler MasterLiquid 120
PSU: Cooler Master MasterWatt Lite 700W
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit

System built by and branded as Yoyotech Warbird i7 Ultra
 
Ah OK, good to know - though I feel I need to confirm it's only that, without tearing down the entire build to check connections if at all possible!

Any recommendations for thermally monitoring CPU/GPU/RAM etc from within the windows environment? Can't seem to find a way to do this natively in Win10 - maybe I need to install third party software...
 
Definately strange. Pushed the to CPU 55degrees and GPU to 82degrees trying a game - DayZ - and the case fans still won't kick in.

CPUID was a good call, thanks - temps decribed measured from that
 
Are they plugged in? Does the case have a button to select on and off? Is the power plugged into the case/fan power supply?

Right well, in answer to that, this doesn't look too good does it:

Here's a schematic of the board showing chassis fan connectors 1 and 2 -

2


And the view of the build showing the relevent top half of the mobo -


2


and details of each BARE connector terminal

2



2
 
Is it common practice to run the chassis fans directly off the PSU for the sake of cable tidyness? I suppose the next step is rip off the other side panel and see if the've been connected to a splitter running up the back hidden behind the mobo...

Did it not come with a user manual?

As has been mentioned, if it's not working properly try contacting the seller.

Well, I bought it 'as new' off fleebay from a private seller - not sure how much he'd be able to help. Strange though as the unit was packed and wrapped up in cellphane, factory fresh. Clearly never used before.
 
Resolved! Sort of... no fan controller :o just a simple splitter, the passthrough (combining the absent lighting) had not been attached to the 4-pin molex power source. It was hidden round the back of an otherwise very tidy build behind the motherboard plate.

Is it normal practise to run chassis fans directly off the PSU, rather than the dedicated mobo connectors?
 
Back
Top Bottom