Antec 302 140mm Top Fan stoped spinning

[John1988]

Was dusting off my case the other day, and noticed my 140mm top case fan isn't spinning anymore. When I power on my computer, it gets a little jolt and moves a tiny bit (not enough to even make it spin once), and dies. Any idea what caused this to happen?

 

[socialfox]

How long has this fan run for? I believe fans have some sort of lifetime measured in hours which is an estimation given by the makers. Perhaps something to do with the bearing/motor. Either way try plugging it in another fan header and see if it turns on.

 

[JJ1217]

That happens sometimes with my fans, what I've noticed is it isn't getting enough voltage. When you give it a little bit more power, it'll start up (This happened with my old case with a fan controller, the controller at lowest setting didn't give enough voltage, so it would spin tiny amounts and stop, increasing it allowed the fan to start.)