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Originally Posted by heero_yuy

With luck it could just be that the bearings need lubrication. The heat tends to dry them out and as the motor has very little torque when starting they just stop. They are protected in that state so it aught to be OK.

Tried spinning the fan with a screw driver again, even though it was really stiff i wasn't able to fix it and assuming it had got stiff from no use over the last month or so.