Case Fans on Adventurer-9601G not working. Normal?

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I'm building my second build ever. I have installed an MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 motherboard and a Kingwin fanless 500W PSU. My case fans do nothing when the case is powered up. it appears that the fans are powered by a control card mounted at the main power button, and there are speed controls for them etc. Are they Thermostat controlled or something?
 

popatim

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They are not thermostatically controlled. The controller controls them and you control the controller.

What controller do you have? or case if it came with the case.

edit - had a <Doh!> moment there. I cant find an owners manual for that but from reviews you apparently have 2 settings for the controller: Off/Low/High.
I would guess you've already tried high and made sure the power molex you used actually goes back to the power supply and not one of the case fans.
 

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Yes, there are 3 control switches LOW/OFF/HI. Tried and failed. I will look again tomorow for molex power connection. That may be the answer. Thanks.
 

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I read into others that had issues with case fan power supply, and found one guy that found his Molex under a bundle of cables tied to the case...sure enough, I found 2. Plugged it all in and fans now function.
I also leaned that the fans can be temperatre controlled.

Thanks popatim for your help.