My laptop fan spins the wrong way

[excesslint]

I got a replacement laptop just before my warranty expired, and I didn't notice until a few months later that my fan doesn't blow air out. I opened up the back and sure enough the blades are spinning the wrong way. It's not just upside down, but the blades are curved and it is clearly spinning the wrong way (clockwise in the picture). The wires seem to be in the correct order from doing a lot of searching online, but I'm not even sure if switching the +/- (yellow and black in my case, the other two are blue and red in that order) would fix anything. Please help me out. Thanks!

fyi it's an ASUS M50sv-a1

 

[voyagerfan99]

It looks correct to me. I don't know where you think the air should be blowing, but it should be sucked up from the bottom and blown out the back through the heatsink.

 

[excesslint]

It's sucking air from the side vent and blowing it back up into the laptop.

 

[voyagerfan99]

That's going to happen when the panel/keyboard isn't in place.

 

[excesslint]

When the back panel is on, it's still sucking in by just placing a piece of paper by the vent and seeing it sucked in. It's spinning the wrong way.

 

[ColdFeet]

strange case I would surggest getting a new 1 if possible

 

[MMM]

It's sucking air from the side vent and blowing it back up into the laptop.

Some laptops draw in air from sides and exhaust at the bottom while others do the opposite, either way works sufficiently....