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Case Fans
Name: calhoun Date: March 4, 2007 at 13:48:52 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: P4 2.66Ghz/ 1GB Ram/ Gefo
Comment:
This might seem a silly question.. but I bought a new PC case which has 3 ventilation fans. Where exactly do you connect the fans?
Name: steigrafx Date: March 4, 2007 at 14:06:24 Pacific
Reply:
Check your motherboard manual. Most likely there are headers for the chassis fans on the motherboard. Also, you can use a molex connector from the power supply (large white connectors, like the ones that connect to your CD/DVD). You may need adapters depending upon what type of plugs are attached to the fans.
Name: haroldw Date: March 4, 2007 at 14:15:10 Pacific
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It depends on what sort of connectors are on the case fans and/or your motherboard. If the fans have a three wire connector about 3/8 inch wide then look for male connectors on the motherboard to match. Usually on the motherboard they are white, or red and have a tab sticking up to fit between the two smaller tabs on the female connector. Check your motherboard manual for "fan headers". If you do not have enough "fan headers" you can buy adapter dongles to connect them into standard hard drive molex connectors. Also there is a chance the fans might have come spliced into a small length molex extension cable.
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Response Number 3
Name: calhoun Date: March 5, 2007 at 04:50:20 Pacific
Reply:
Ok thanks guys.
One more thing though. Which fans should suck and which fans should blow?
Firefly! ~Keep Flying~
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Response Number 4
Name: Doctor1954 Date: March 6, 2007 at 12:24:03 Pacific
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