Case Fan not working

[mrubaii123]

I recently took out a case fan from a pc that I'm not currently using into the pc I am using, it worked, then later in the day i was updating windows 7 then one of my brothers turned off the computer, the os crashed but I fixed the problem but now the fan doesn't spin. the fan is a foxconn d80sh-12, it is a 80mm fan that plugs into the motherboard, it has a 3-pin connector. I've tried it on the old pc, it spins right away when tuning on the computer, but it doesn't spin on the one I am using. Thanks.

 

[inzone]

You can check in the bios to make sure that there are no fan connectors disabled , then you can always try a different fan connector on the motherboard to see since you know that the fan works.

 

[mrubaii123]

You can check in the bios to make sure that there are no fan connectors disabled , then you can always try a different fan connector on the motherboard to see since you know that the fan works.

In the bios i cannot find the option for that, and i only found 2 ports and they both dont work. Do you think that the fan will turn on only when the computer is hot, because i doubt since it turned on immediately after i plugged it in the 1st time.

 

[inzone]

The only fan port that will do that is the 4 pin CPU fan port (when the computer is hot). There should be a setting in the bios for those fan ports.
What brand and model motherboard do you have?

 

[mrubaii123]

The only fan port that will do that is the 4 pin CPU fan port (when the computer is hot). There should be a setting in the bios for those fan ports.
What brand and model motherboard do you have?

Motherboard: Dell 0x8582
BIOS: Dell A03

 

[inzone]

Dell computers are notoriously difficult to work with and the bios can be restricted from changes.

 

[mrubaii123]

Is it possible to flash a different bios?

 

[inzone]

You should be able to flash the bios if that option is available to you in the bios.

 

[mrubaii123]

ok so if that doesn't work, is their anything i could do inside windows that could work, an application or setting?

 

[inzone]

Unless Dell included a Windows based Bios flash app you cannot do any bios flashing from Windows.

 

[mrubaii123]

So I just find a compatible bios, flash it, then change the fan settings?

 

[inzone]

I would go through Dell support for any bios flashing , so you don't run into problems.

 

[mrubaii123]

I would go through Dell support for any bios flashing , so you don't run into problems.

I got a chance to update the bios, turns out im already at the latest update and still i can't change the fan speed, but i was tinkering around with speedfan and i found out how to change my cpu fan speed, but the case fan i plugged into the 3-pin connector in my mobo still won't spin, (its not even detected in speed fan but the cpu fan is now that i configured it), i tried both connectors, tried other things, it still wont spin?