Cpu fan won't spin

Sleeve · 30 Dec 2010 at 16:07

Just installed an Arctic Cooling CPU heatsink but for some reason whenever i turn my machine on the fan spins halfway round then stops. Which gives me a CPU Fan error at BIOS.

Any ideas?

freddie64 · 30 Dec 2010 at 16:26

Could be cpu is to cold to need the fan running (PWM fan or whatever).

There may be a setting in bios under power management to disable or ignore the cpu fan error.

EDIT

When you get the fan error does it say press F1 to continue?

Sgt Tackleberry · 30 Dec 2010 at 16:28

Have to tryed to plug ur 3pin into a molex connector? See if that's help?.
Try and plug another fan into that 3pin head to see if that is broken?.

Sleeve · 30 Dec 2010 at 16:29

After a bit more googling, i found somebody else with the same problem.

You have to take the fan off, and push it back into the axle it spins on until it clicks, reconnect and it works first time.

Pretty lazy production standards imo.

setter · 30 Dec 2010 at 16:30

Are you connecting the cooler fan to the cpu header? If so, you may have to go into bios and check that the cpu fan PWM function is enabled.

Sleeve · 30 Dec 2010 at 16:52

setter said:
Are you connecting the cooler fan to the cpu header? If so, you may have to go into bios and check that the cpu fan PWM function is enabled.

Refer to my post above mate. All sorted now

Thanks for the help.

setter · 30 Dec 2010 at 17:18

Glad to hear you got it sorted, bit lax on quality control by the sound of it.

kaijday · 30 Dec 2010 at 18:48

I have the same cooler and have never had this problem (had 2 of them, and removed it and put it back in a few times)