Posted by 2 years ago. Good luck. The case comes with a 3-from-1 RGB Splitter cable so you can connect all three fans' RGB cables to a single mobo plain RGB header, and supply those lights with all the power and control they need. Unplug the cord from the power supply, hold the power button in for about 15/20 seconds, open the case, unplug the 24-pin power connector from the motherboard and jump the Green wire to one of the Black wires, reconnect the power cord and power the system on, if power supply's fan and the hard drive run, then the PSU should be good. ... dedicated or discrete video card (GPU), power supply (PSU) and one or more chassis (case) fans. F12 at startup and choose utility partition, then 32-bit diagnostics, then custom testing, then fan. After a few ciggys I finally build up the courage to turn it on and it all lit up wonderfully. 2 8gb 2666 Corsair DDR4. Sign up for a new account in... New build, fans spin for a sec, shuts off! Page 1 of 2 - Case fans not spinning - posted in Internal Hardware: When i am using my computer, my case fans are not spinning at all. Oh damn, please don't tell me i've got a faulty case. She shut it down, and tried to reboot. Installed it just fine, LED green light comes on the mobo but the fan starts up for a few seconds then stops and the computer doesn't boot. That will tell you if the psu is dead or not (its fan(s) should spin up). Next, press down until the fan connector is fully connected to the motherboard header. What I do not notice in your post, OP, is the RGB Fusion software. Unplug the mobo connector and short the green to any black. Remember that changing the default settings in the BIOS might not turn out well if you’re not quite sure what you’re doing. Now twist the bare ends together and put a wire nut on with a screw. PC lights up and fans spin, but no post. The fan itself has both a male and female molex connector. Sorry for the long post, but there's a lot of backstory to this issue. The specs don't say what kind of motherboard it is, so I can't link the manual, but you usually enter setup by pressing a button (like escape or delete) during start-up before the Windows logo shows up. No fans/drives attempting to boot up or anything, even momentarily, just a completely dead machine. 13 replies. Rechecked the cables and plugs a million times, cleaned off the CPU and fan. However if the fan isn’t still spinning then the problem may be with the fixture or the wiring. If your CPU fan does not spin, the issue could be anywhere from the fan, the motherboard, to the power supply unit. Just because the mouse lights up this does not mean power is present for running fans. Since the tiny electric motors in the fan mechanism doesn’t need to spin so fast, bigger case fans are quieter than smaller ones—and thus more desirable, if your case supports them. Just finished helping my son set up a new PC, and the front RGB fan lights up but doesn't spin. Your motherboard could also be the problem; if the circuit supplying the power to the fan is fried/short, then your fan will not be able to spin. The mouse runs off a +5V rail and fans off the +12V rail. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the pcgamingtechsupport community, Continue browsing in r/pcgamingtechsupport. If your case has spots for fans to be installed, make sure to measure the horizontal distance between the two slots for the screws and get a fan that matches that size. Close. Tried with a different PSU but no luck. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls. We're here to help you fix those problems. View the answer I have this problem too Subscribed to new answers . Want to enjoy fewer advertisements and more features? Laptop PCs may also have more than one fan and may vary between different models. 1. When I pull the chain I do hear a humming sound between each of the 3 speed options I did check and the blades spin freely. Power light and case fans came alive CPU fan turned and the monitor flickered to life. I have tried unplugging the PSU and holding power for 30 seconds and that didn’t work. The fan connector will have two guides (1) and these will need to line up with the tab (2) that is on the motherboard fan header. Click here to become a Hardware Analysis registered user. Please take this quick survey to help us improve our forums and community engagement: Survey Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. The LL120s also push air with 1.61mm H2O of static pressure, which is enough for most radiators. I'm not entirely sure if i should plug both in or just mate the male with the female on the PSU. Why do my CPU and case fans spin but no startup? Archived. While this might not be the best on our list, it is certainly enough to clear the air out of a mid-tower or even super tower case fast enough to keep most hardware nice and cool. IS there something i'm missing? However, another set for riing fans I installed it on my top mounted radiator and I connected the RGB/speed controller to sys_fan3 the fan is spinning but the RGB lights are turning off whenever I boot, which does not happen to the other fans. Forums. RX Vega 64 lights up but fan doesn't spin on startup, getting no signal on display. Thanks in advance! about a day in to owning it i noticed it was remarkably quiet. I actually have gone into the BIOS menu. The lights would come on, the fans would spin (case fan, cpu fan, power supply fan, video card fan). Cooling. I'm suspecting the motherboard may have died on me You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. If you get in there, there's a section on fans and temperature. My PSU just has a female molex connector. 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