Case fans not working in P182?

[Shad0w]

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

 

[Shad0w]

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?

 

[jitpublisher]

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.

 

[Andrius]

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.

 

[jitpublisher]

Maybe not enough amps on the lead you have connected to start all 3 fans at the low setting? Try other power leads?

 

[Shad0w]

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..

 

[Shad0w]

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

 

[nukemaster]

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.

 

[Shad0w]

Okay, thanks.. I will try to contact the retailer where I bought the case

 

[nukemaster]

If all else fails contact Antec directly

http://www.antec.com/us/info_contact.php?value=us&Submit=Submit

 

[groo]

those fans are pretty quiet at medium, I'f just set them there abd call it good.