hi i have a toshiba tecra 9100 with a dead fan(not working) i purchased another fan and replaced it but it still does not work the comp gets hot and just freezestested fan and can comfirm that they do work any ideas wots wrong?/wot i should be looking for or is it a new mobo? any info greatly app. cheers barry:sad:
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Did you replace the fan with one that had three leads, and did you plug it in the same terminal as the previous one? If there is now power from that terminal try connecting the fan to another 12V source in the computer. If you need to splice it the blue wire is the sense, use the other two, remember that this is a polar sensitive device so make sure that the black wire goes to black...
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