fan quit working

toddsmack2k · Dec 24, 2002, 06:45 PM

i was at a friends house yesterday and he has a dell 4300 he bought thru our work program. anyway it was making noise and i thought it was the fan, so i too the case apart and started to clean it. geez there must have been 4 inches of dust on everything . i took his fan out and cleaned it then put it back in and turned on the computer now the fan does not work at all and i have treid hooking it up different ways and i had myself grounded while i was cleaning out the dust. is it normal for a fan to just quit all of a sudden? when it fires up it says fan failure any help would be appreciated

digitalwanderer · Dec 24, 2002, 06:50 PM

...have you tried spinning the fan blade with the fan off to see if it spins freely? If it was THAT clogged with crap, you might have accidently got some more junk underneath the blade and into the spindle jamming it up. I've had it where a fan didn't work, but when I 'started it' by spinning it with me finger it would fire right up and would work from then on. (That's the bit I don't really suggest trying, spinning it while there's power. It can work, but unless you're quick you can get a painful "WHAP!". I ain't that quick.

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toddsmack2k · Dec 24, 2002, 06:58 PM

actually i did try that and still it did not work. they are having a dell tech come and fix it ,that is what they wanted i just thought it was kinda odd for it to quit workingall of a sudden

Dec 24, 2002, 06:45 PM	#1
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	fan quit working i was at a friends house yesterday and he has a dell 4300 he bought thru our work program. anyway it was making noise and i thought it was the fan, so i too the case apart and started to clean it. geez there must have been 4 inches of dust on everything . i took his fan out and cleaned it then put it back in and turned on the computer now the fan does not work at all and i have treid hooking it up different ways and i had myself grounded while i was cleaning out the dust. is it normal for a fan to just quit all of a sudden? when it fires up it says fan failure any help would be appreciated

Dec 24, 2002, 06:50 PM	#2
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	This is dumb, and you shouldn't try it! But... ...have you tried spinning the fan blade with the fan off to see if it spins freely? If it was THAT clogged with crap, you might have accidently got some more junk underneath the blade and into the spindle jamming it up. I've had it where a fan didn't work, but when I 'started it' by spinning it with me finger it would fire right up and would work from then on. (That's the bit I don't really suggest trying, spinning it while there's power. It can work, but unless you're quick you can get a painful "WHAP!". I ain't that quick. ) __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Dec 24, 2002, 06:58 PM	Thread Starter #3
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	actually i did try that and still it did not work. they are having a dell tech come and fix it ,that is what they wanted i just thought it was kinda odd for it to quit workingall of a sudden