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4-Pin Connector CPU Fan
Name: Sandor (by prdsknoll) Date: October 31, 2005 at 13:23:01 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro / SP2 CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 3.6 GHz 2 GB
Comment:
What are the benfits with using CPU heatsink fans with 4-Pin Connector(s) vs. the 3-Pin models?
Name: Zenith Date: October 31, 2005 at 13:28:39 Pacific
Reply:
4 pin connector enables fan speed control. 3 connector just enable fan speed sensing.
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Response Number 2
Name: jaims Date: November 25, 2005 at 12:45:47 Pacific
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Is the fan speed control on the 4 pin referring to manual control of the fan speed? I have a 4 pin MB hook up - I want to get a Zalman CPU cooler, bu the fan mate 2 states it has a 3 pin connector? What are my options here (e.g., 4 to 3 pin adaptor - what is sacrificed) (I have Asus P5dg1 Pentium 4E 775)?
jaims
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Response Number 3
Name: clunk Date: November 28, 2005 at 14:15:29 Pacific
Reply:
Intel have introduced 4 pin PWN case fan control via the motherboard headers, and the planet hasn't grasped that case fans need to have 4 pins to use that control. You can pop a 3 pin on the 4 pin header, but you'll have full speed only, and you won't melt anything
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Response Number 4
Name: ZychoFlow Date: January 6, 2006 at 08:31:05 Pacific
Reply:
My Fan has a 4-pin connector, but my motherboard has a 3-pin connection. The fan connector provides a way to connect it into a 3-pin connection, but i tried it and my cpu fan goes way to slow at 12xxRPMS.
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Name: Sandor (by prdsknoll)
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