Fan Pins not contacting header pins (Silverstone)

[Heesleemer]

Basically as the title says, for some reason, out of the blue, my cpu cooler fan stopped spinning. After messing with the fan header/pins it seems the pins on the fan are not contacting the motherboard header. I've straightened out the pins, make sure they don't move or fall out of the 3pin plastic shroud, but still refuses to spin most the time. Only when I am bending the fan cable/wires in weird and wonderful ways does the fan spin... any solutions?

[LogicalDrm]

Does fan work with any other connector? It sound like dead-ish fan to me. If other fans work with CPU headers, just replace that fan.

[Heesleemer]

6 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Does fan work with any other connector? It sound like dead-ish fan to me. If other fans work with CPU headers, just replace that fan.

the cpu header works, and the fan works when I connect the wires individually. 

Basically the metal on the connector bent strange, so I tried to re-bend them into position. Ultimately, I ended up sacrificing a stock corsair h100i fan for its pins. (I have a venting project for these obnoxiously loud fans anyways. 

[LogicalDrm]

2 hours ago, Heesleemer said:

the cpu header works, and the fan works when I connect the wires individually. 

Basically the metal on the connector bent strange, so I tried to re-bend them into position. Ultimately, I ended up sacrificing a stock corsair h100i fan for its pins. (I have a venting project for these obnoxiously loud fans anyways. 

If the original fan would have been under warranty, you could have just RMA'd it. Fans aren't that expensive imo anyway. If mobo would have been the problem part, it would have been bigger issue.