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Cooler Master V8 Fan

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Gawd
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My Cooler Master V8 fan recently stopped working properly. The computer was in storage for a couple of months, and it was running great up until the day it went into storage. Now, however, its 120mm fan has been struggling to move. I've taken it apart, removed the stickers and all of the solder points are fine. The motor (slightly visible through the housing making up the fan's core) seems to be OK.

I can't figure out what's wrong with the little guy. Any ideas? It's also my understanding that if I can't get this fan to work, that any standard 120mm fan will do -- is that correct? I can just snag one from my case and put the cover plate on it and screw it in if that's the way it is.
 
Since I didn't get a reply, I decided to do a little more exploratory surgery. My understanding was correct that any 120mm fan will work on the V8, so I took one off the back of my case and used it. Even though I'm getting an error regarding my CPU fan not working on bootup (I'm guessing because it uses the 4-pin Molex connection from the power supply, rather than the 4-pin connector for the CPU fan on the motherboard), it's still keeping my CPU cool so that's good enough.
 
It is possible that the fan you were using had a leak, iirc sewing oil works well as a replacement fluid, but don't take my word on that.
 
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