Help... fan explodes

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Eagle156

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Well it didn't really explode, but it seems like it. I was testing out different rpms on my Silverstone FM121-b with the included fan controller when the fan just stops and a horrible smell unlike anything I've ever had the misfortune of smelling comes from the fan. So I immediately shut down my PC and I find that there is a little bit of tiny black particles around the fan screws. I'm pretty sure they weren't there before. Anyway, is the fan gone for good? Does Silverstone even put a warranty on this stuff? I'm pretty sure my hard drive is gonna be pretty toasty with no intake fan blowing on it :mad: and I can't use my other 12cm fan because I had to cut the wires due to a wiring job "accident".
 
Contact Silverstone for an RMA. It shouldn't have done that. Can you splice together your other fans wires? In the mean time just wrap some electrical tape over the expose portions of the twisted wires.

Your HD should be fine without a fan for now. I wouldn't worry about it getting too hot.
 
It's entirely possible that the fan fried itself, though it might still work if you haven't tested it yet. If you've confirmed it's dead, call up Silverstone. I'm pretty sure most fans are rated to a certain amount of operation time, and they may replace it even if there's no warranty. If they refuse to replace it, contact the place you bought the fan and try and get a replacement from them.
 
Silverstone will live up to their warrenty. Call them, and they'll give you the hook ups.
 
Sounds sorta like the time I built a "robot" that was basically a motor with 4x9V batteries all hooked up to give it more power (3V motor btw) surrounding the motor and electrical taped to it. Then with the shaft of the motor facing down and a rubber pencil eraser on the end for traction, I flipped the switch that was attached and it made this horrible super high pitched scream of a sound from the motor producing 10s of thousands of RPMs and then all of a sudden it started winding down and smoke started pouring out of the motor...but god was it fun! That little devil spun on the ground faster than any top i have ever seen.
 
The fan is barely a month old. I guess it's RMA time. I hope I won't have to send the damn fan controller back considering how much time it took to tape it (the screw holes didn't line up). :mad:
 
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