CPU fan spinning backwards?

[Jonathan Sifleet]

Hey, my CPU fan is spinning backwards, and I have no idea why, is there any way I can fix this?

Sorry about bad quality and the sound (I was listening to Hadouken):

[flash=320,240]http://www.youtube.com/v/77FvhMjv2uM&feature=youtu.be[/flash]

I don't care that its blowing, I just want to know why it's turning backwards. If I wanted it to blow I'd mount it the other way round.

 

[hunter315]

Is it blowing onto the heatsink or blowing away from the heatsink? It is hard to tell which direction it is spinning based on that video(i don't trust camera refresh rates and spinning objects).

 

[Jonathan Sifleet]

Its blowing away from the heatsink but the fan is spinning backwards (anti-clock wise). It would be better if I turnt it around and it spun the same way because then the fins would be pushing the air away.

 

[tatarin]

it literally cant blow it away with the fan orientation like on the video and if it spins anti clockwise. you probably feel the air that already went thrugh the cooler and was bounced back by the mb or whatever.

 

[Jonathan Sifleet]

It is very little air movement. Although the main problem still isn't solved. How can I get it to spin the other way. I know I'm answering my own question, but I don't think it can I think that's the way the motor was designed. But I'm getting reasonable temps (49 degrees with 93% CPU usage).

 

[mechan]

Your fan is spinning in the right direction. No need to do anything about it.