For all of you out there worrying about dead fans one Artic Freezer cooler,
read on.
I installed my cooler several days ago. The fan spun no more than a second and
stopped. I figured that I would wait until the temperatures got higher, because
I thought I had read somewhere that the fan does not come on right away. The
temperatures quickly reached 81 degrees Celsius. TJ. Max on an i5 processor is
only 99 degrees, so I shut the system down.
I plugged in the original OEM fan and it spun right up. I also checked it with
another fan and I had on the shelf, and it spun right up!
I proceeded to place the original OEM fan on the floor of the computer so that
it would blow some cool air over the cooling fins and that lowered the
temperatures by 40 degrees Celsius!
I spent the next hour or two researching replacement fans. I wanted to find one
that could be installed without removing the motherboard, mainly because there
is a steel plate very close to my motherboard.
I decided on a Cool Master Hyper TX 3 and then decided the TX for model was a
closer replacement because it has more cooling pipes, just like this one. I then
wanted to find out which company had the the sixpence of replacement fan and
wanted to see if it was readily available, because I had read more than one
story about a failing fan.
While doing this research, I stumbled across a website at
www.notmybase.com/?p=56
He (she?) talked about a failed fan, but then went on to say that quite often
the fan is not snapped onto the shaft correctly. He said the push down on the
fan blade firmly, until you hear a loud click. At first, pushed on the fan blade
but obviously not hard enough. I pushed a little harder while holding the whole
assembly in my hand, and voilà, I heard a click!
I proceeded to plug the fan back into my motherboard and it immediately started
spending!
It APPEARED to be defective initially because it WOULD turn
momentarily and then stop. My old fan and another fan both worked, verifying
there was a good power source.
This website saved me a LOT of grief!!
Many other websites and forums talked about checking the wiring, making sure it
was plugged in correctly, checking the BIOS settings, so forth and so on. It
turned out to be so simple!
If you are having problems with a fan like mine, simply make sure the fan is
secure on the shaft.
I imagine the fan appeared to move a little bit, for a brief moment, because
there is enough friction between the shaft in the blade to make it spin.
Many thanks to the folks who put up the webpage at
www.notmybase.com/?p=56
As other people have said, this easily lowered my temperatures by 20 degrees
Celsius. It is also very quiet.
I can now put my a computer back in my – behind a closed door, and not have to
worry!
Well worth the money and the super easy installation! I don't understand why so
many people say it is hard; hard on their fingers, hard to push the pins in in
all kinds of nonsense.
I simply put the white pins in place, in the black cradle, before putting the
black cradle over the processor. That way I did not have to fiddle with it later
trying to get the pins in place correctly or have to use long needle nose
pliers.
I simply push the pins down through the proper holes. (Mine were in the center
hole being and they 1156 socket). The black pins simply slid into the white
pins, and they can only go one way, and are guided in by slots. It was very easy
to push the pins down, locking the whole assembly in place.
This whole process took 15 minutes or less, from start to finish.
In no way are these plastic pins cheap or flimsy, like other people have said.
I am extremely happy now that I have the fan problem resolved!!