# Fan shim not working (SOLVED)

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/fan-shim-not-working-solved/13336>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/fan-shim-not-working-solved/13336 "2020-03-18T13:29:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Tetsuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Tetsuo](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Tetsuo)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/fan-shim-not-working-solved/13336/1 "2020-03-18T13:29:32Z")

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Hello everyone,  
i find a simple solution of this problem i insert a little piece of cotton swab in the gpio connettor in order to enlarge the pins and it works very well with no soldering at all.

 ![IMG_20200318_141417](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pimoroni/original/2X/b/b1d1a3308ca39d8031f05ebcb0ddf29f8b4fbd81.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Caperjack1953](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/caperjack1953/32/7923_2.png) [@Caperjack1953](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Caperjack1953)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/fan-shim-not-working-solved/13336/2 "2020-03-18T22:04:36Z")

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Great tip,never thought to do it,done it and now its working correctly,my green light wasn’t always coming on ,thanks