ZALMAN Z9 PLUS Case FANS - Is it suppose to be like this? [Immage Attached]
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whateverjp
March 20, 2013 7:52:06 PM
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?
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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?
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?
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atomicWAR
March 20, 2013 7:57:03 PM
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kitsunestarwind
March 20, 2013 7:58:34 PM
whateverjp
March 20, 2013 7:59:27 PM
atomicWAR
March 20, 2013 7:59:33 PM
kitsunestarwind said:
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.
not true you can overload a single line and have it still boot. i have done it with fans and graphics cards both.
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kitsunestarwind
March 20, 2013 8:01:34 PM
atomicWAR
March 20, 2013 8:07:54 PM
kitsunestarwind said:
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 theoryOP reports everything working except one Fan.
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.
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kitsunestarwind
March 20, 2013 8:16:43 PM
atomicWAR said:
kitsunestarwind said:
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 theoryOP reports everything working except one Fan.
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.
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)
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whateverjp
March 20, 2013 8:18:41 PM
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
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
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OK, so the mobo is an ASUS P8Z77-V LK
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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.

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.
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whateverjp
March 20, 2013 8:42:45 PM



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.
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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.
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.
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whateverjp
March 20, 2013 9:39:54 PM
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March 20, 2013 9:42:05 PM
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gonna just give up and bring it to some person lol