ZALMAN Z9 PLUS Case FANS - Is it suppose to be like this? [Immage Attached]

whateverjp · Mar 20, 2013

Hey Guys,

I got all my parts installed right now by a friend into the Zalman Z9 Plus case... brought it home fired it up and all the fans seem to be running except for the bottom fan. Is it suppose to be like this?

ps. I don't have a graphics card installed... i don't know whether its to certain parts the fan is suppose to run or not but i'm pretty sure all of the fans that came with the zalman are suppose to be running no?

That fan right there you see bottom left is the only one not working.. the one behind the tower and top are fine.. mhm, thoughts?

manofchalk · Mar 20, 2013

Is it plugged into a mobo fan header?

atomicWAR · Mar 20, 2013

it's either not plugged in, defective (fan or plug) or your PSU is over loaded.

kitsunestarwind · Mar 20, 2013

It wouldn't be a PSU is overloaded, Else the whole PC would shut off as it would Trip the UVP (under voltage protection) or OCP (over current protection)

Either not conencted/bad connection, or the Fan is faulty.

whateverjp · Mar 20, 2013

truthfully.. i'm not too sure i have little to none knowledge about this aspect. my friend he knows a lot about this and said everything was fine... to make the bottom left fan work it needs to be in the mobo fan header? i think it is i'll open it up and take a pic if u want

atomicWAR · Mar 20, 2013

kitsunestarwind :

not true you can overload a single line and have it still boot. i have done it with fans and graphics cards both.

kitsunestarwind · Mar 20, 2013

Even if he overloaded a Single Rail, He would have more things not working then a Single Fan (as there would be more then one Fan on a Rail) . Which still rules out your theory
OP reports everything working except one Fan.

manofchalk · Mar 20, 2013

If you could take a pic of the motherboard it would be great, then we can indicate where the fan cable should be plugged in.

atomicWAR · Mar 20, 2013

kitsunestarwind :

again not true...i have done excatly what he is asking about. i had one fan of 5 not working on the same rail. as soon as i switched the one fan to a new rail...no troubles...even tried another fan on the plug that had not worked on the previous rail, once the extra fan was gun the plug was fine (just switched another one on the same line to it). Granted thats not super typical behavior but its not unheard of. also had similar issue with grapics cards...would boot and but in games i got artifacts...again did a switch test and it was fixed. tried the same plugs as i had done with the fan and it worked again when less load was on the rail.

kitsunestarwind · Mar 20, 2013

atomicWAR :

I don't want to say that's impossible but with my background in electronics and electronics repair and such things, that is literally Electrically impossible as all electrical load is distributed near equally (even accounting for resistance) the only way that could happen is. A. Faulty Plugs/Wiring
B. Your fans require a set start up voltage and Fan startup voltage way too high or rail (line) voltage was way too low, And for that to happen your PSU would have to not support Under voltage protection (which most Good PSU's do, and UVP is on every Rail/line, not just the main lines)

whateverjp · Mar 20, 2013

here's the link to the pictures:

the picture with the blue light [when turned on] are the 3 only fans working.. CPU fan, and the other 2 fans beside it..

**** NOTE: instead of me saying that 1 fan wasn't working..actually TWO aren't working.. one fan that is along the glass panel, and the other which is underneath the hard drive slot..

http://imageupper.com/g/?S020001008B1363835661352542

manofchalk · Mar 20, 2013

OK, so the mobo is an ASUS P8Z77-V LK

Down in the bottom right of the motherboard will be the LED debug display with two numbers on it. Left of that is a 4pin fan header labeled CHA_FAN2. If its all set up the way I think it is, there shouldn't be anything connected there.
Take the cable running from the side panel fan, and plug it into that fan header. The plug will be 3pin, but it will still plug in and work.

whateverjp · Mar 20, 2013

those pictures i just attached are the 2 fan related wires. one of the wires isn't even plugged into anything from what i see and this fan is right underneath my storage drive.. it's the one im holdong up.. with the 3 pin i think?

the other fan which is along the glass window where i showed u guys the "bottom left" is plugged in.. but into something else.. and the wires are like green/white ish.. pictures attached.

manofchalk · Mar 20, 2013

Yep that's a 3pin connector. There should be another two fan headers you can use near the 24pin cable connector (middle right of the board) to hook up that fan.

The window fan is probably plugged into a Molex adapter, and that is just not plugged in to the Power Supply. I think just disconnect the 3pin from the Molex adapter and plug it straight into the mobo fan header I mentioned is near the LED debug display.

whateverjp · Mar 21, 2013

I don't see a cha_fan2 but I see a cha_fan beside the cpu_fan and a cha_fan3 which is beside my ram. Which one i plug it in?

atomicWAR · Mar 21, 2013

any cha_fan is fine if it's not populated

manofchalk · Mar 21, 2013

Way down the bottom right of the board, between the blue USB header and the LED Debug display (which has an 88 on it) is the CHA_FAN2 header. I suggest using that for the side panel fan.

CHA_FAN3 I would use for the front panel fan.

whateverjp · Mar 21, 2013

Ok thanks guys but.. This 3 pin doesn't even fit properly with the 4 pin place.. :/

whateverjp · Mar 21, 2013

ahhh getting tired of this.

gonna just give up and bring it to some person lol

atomicWAR · Mar 21, 2013

can't say i blame you. but i find i learn more when i get super frustrated and have to figure it out. usually the harder it is..the more likely i missed something easy and basic

whateverjp · Mar 21, 2013

ahhh I see what he did. The fan that is working which is beside the CPU is plugged into the chafan2. So... Should I plug this one in the "chafan1" which is practically beside the cpufan? then the side window panel fan one in chafan2? and then the fan underneath my hdd in chafan3?

atomicWAR · Mar 21, 2013

you could do that...all your mobo's fan headers are four pins...most fans are three, they just don't use one pin is all. some folks get anal on which ch_fan for which...especially guys with uber nice fan controllers. that said any ch_fan should work as i said earlier.

whateverjp · Mar 21, 2013

Kk I set it up like I mentioned above and woot! Works!!!!! I *********** LOVE U GUYS

atomicWAR · Mar 21, 2013

your welcome brother!

Proximon · Mar 21, 2013

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