its been a looong day... everything is as clean as it gets... I finished hooking it all back up, sorted the cables a bit...pluged it back in...........and.....well......it still works...BUT... the fan on the PSU will not spin

ah the irony......... the only fan I did NOT wash, died


the PSU is a silverstone strider 600w.. I tried to just vacuum it but the dust was all sticky and it wouldn't even move. So I removed the grill and the top cover from the PSU and vacuumed inside(carefully). Then I used some 99% alcohol and some baby wipes on the fan blades, and closed it back up. and yet somehow the fan died.


Questions.. is it possible that I have just unplugged the fan? I thought PSU fans were soldered? (I didn't even touch the wire, I just cleaned the blades)

Can I replace the fan with a Yate? and is it possible to do that without having to solder it? I don't know how to solder, but would hate to lose a psu because of a lousy fan

any help is really appreciated