Please Help! Lian Li SL120 fans not spinning?

BradoKara · 19 Dec 2020 at 18:23

Hey,

Just installed 3 SL120 in my O11 case in a series.
None are spinning.
RGB and software is working fine and software is detecting the fans.
Checked all connections on the mother board, tried all cha-fan/WP slots...so now at a bit of a loss.
Can't see them connected in the bios like the CPU is showing?
Any suggestions.
Am I just being stupid and missed something simple

Mother board - Asus Prime Z490-A

BradoKara · 19 Dec 2020 at 18:30

Hakanese said:
Which header did you plug the fans into on your motherboard?

CHA_FAN2 currently

CHA_FAN1 is inaccessible at the moment.

Have tried it in all of the Fan/Pump headers.

BradoKara · 19 Dec 2020 at 19:08

Hakanese said:
Did you connect the fans to the control box?

Yes

Honestly can't work out where I have gone wrong unless I have a faulty cable with Lian Li kit

They look great just have no spin which really defeats the point.

BradoKara · 19 Dec 2020 at 19:14

Hakanese said:
do you have the power plugged into the control box?

Mmmhm

Hakanese said:
might be a faulty control box

Really hope not ,not as if anywhere has any stock of these now

BradoKara · 19 Dec 2020 at 19:41

Ok so maybe you have found my problem.

Hakanese said:
the other splits into 2 more connectors, one of which goes to a fan header, the other to an internal usb socket

I'll check this out :rolleyes:

Sometimes someone else and other eyes make all the difference.

BradoKara · 19 Dec 2020 at 20:24

Hakanese said:
Ok so the 2 cables from the fans are connected to the control box, then you have the sata power, and 2 more cables from the control box going to the motherboard, one is a 3pin argb, and the other splits into 2 more connectors, one of which goes to a fan header, the other to an internal usb socket

Nope all pluged in. Just got the splitter left but don't require that. For a moment thought I had missed something about that.

BradoKara · 19 Dec 2020 at 20:46

Hakanese said:
tried different slot on the control box? and have you tried with just 1 fan at a time?

Ya both

BradoKara · 19 Dec 2020 at 21:01

Hakanese said:
bummer, Edit trawled reddit found this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lianli/comments/k37m9y/sl120_not_recognized_by_bios_try_this/
Hope it helps

Thanks will see if that solves it in the morning.
I can hope