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The 4 pins on the motherboard are not bent or damaged. I've tried just connecting the wires without soldering but the fan is not working. Will a new fan fix this?

I opened my laptop for cleaning, and in the process I managed to break my laptop fan 4 pin connector. Please see image. I stripped off the connector and now I'm left with blue,black,red and yellow wires. I tried connecting the wires to the motherboard manually in different configurations, but...