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Case fans not working in P182?

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Shad0w   05-31-2008 at 04:27:44 PM

Hi,

I just assembled my own PC for the first time. I pressed the start button, and to all luck it booted :) But the case fans didn't spin.. It's an Antec P182 case, Corsair VX520 power supply and Asus P5K/EPU motherboard. I simply connected the three case fans to a 4-pin peripheral power connector cable with three connector heads (called that in Corsair manual) - is that wrong? I didn't connect any fans to the motherboard except for the cpu fan.

If you need more information, please tell me. I hope someone can help me out :)

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Shad0w   05-31-2008 at 04:42:13 PM
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I just found out that if I set the fan speed to medium (at the back of the case), they start. If I then set it them to low again they continue spinning.. but it seems they won't start when starting up at low?

How can this be solved?

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jitpublisher   05-31-2008 at 04:47:02 PM
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Are you sure they are plugged in securely? Try another lead? If they are connected directly to power by way of the PSU, they should be working.

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Andrius   05-31-2008 at 04:48:12 PM
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At lower voltage sometimes fans take longer to start spinning.
Some 120mm fans can take upto 20seconds.

There were people having trouble with Antec Tri-Cool fans before so:
1. Test each fan on it's own (low setting), unplug the other two.
2. Test two at a time.
3. Test all three on the same connector and on diffrent power connectors.

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jitpublisher   05-31-2008 at 04:56:52 PM
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Maybe not enough amps on the lead you have connected to start all 3 fans at the low setting? Try other power leads?

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Shad0w   05-31-2008 at 05:36:20 PM
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I tried unplugging two of them, but the one still connected wouldn't start.. I tried another lead (one with only two connector heads), I connected one of the fans, but It still didn't start spinning right away..

:(

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Shad0w   05-31-2008 at 07:41:38 PM
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Do you think it's the fans not working properly? Meaning that I could buy for example three Yate Loon fans to replace them?

Other suggestions on how to get the Antec fans working are of course still appreciated :)

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nukemaster   05-31-2008 at 07:55:09 PM
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Antec had a problem with the tri cool fans. They have since fixed the problem and even include 2 spares with most effected cases.

 

Contact them and they will send you new ones. All mine start and run on low without a problem.


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Shad0w   05-31-2008 at 08:31:53 PM
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Okay, thanks.. I will try to contact the retailer where I bought the case :)

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nukemaster   05-31-2008 at 10:53:50 PM
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If all else fails contact Antec directly

http://www.antec.com/us/info_conta [...] mit=Submit

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Groo   06-01-2008 at 07:37:54 AM
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those fans are pretty quiet at medium, I'f just set them there abd call it good.

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