Striker Extreme, fan problem.

[Cashmere Blade]

Hello, I am currently building a new Gaming PC, i got the Striker Extreme motherboard for my system.

The problem is, only 1 Fan socket on the motherboard works...

And i need it for the CPU fan, but its too far away, all of my case fans are connected to the PSU, but i don't really want to connect the CPU fan straight to the power supply in case of over powering it, since it is only small.

I need to get the CPU fan to run but when its in the CPU Fan socket near the CPU it just doesn't run...

I have not yet gotten a proper boot, with an image on the screen. But i need to get the CPU fan to run before i run my computer so i don't fry my CPU.

Any suggestions?

[homer]

return the board if its faulty. did you wire the board correctly?

[Cashmere Blade]

return the board if its faulty. did you wire the board correctly?

yes it's all wired up and everything.

I dot'd know why it wont run the fan.....Does it need to go through the 30 second power on self tests (POST) when you first boot up?

[patio]

Follow Homer's advice...you risk burning up that CPU if you insist on fiddling with it to get it to work.