Well I bought a Antec 80mm Tricool fan today. Couldn't get it to work, plugged in the four pin molex connect and the system wouldn't' start. Plugged in the 3 pin connector and it wouldn't start. I even unplugged my working fan and plugged this new one in and my system still wouldn't boot.
I found a old fan lurking in a P1 system in my closet and installed it just to see if something was wrong with my motherboard's fan connector, the old fan works fin on its 3 pin connector. System boots and everything.
What is wrong? Did I buy the wrong kind of fan? Is this new fan defective?
My HDD still is hot, is that a sign my HDD is getting too old?
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