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Installing a second case fan
Name: shuck13000 Date: October 1, 2003 at 16:49:35 Pacific OS: Win 98SE CPU/Ram: 650 MHz Duron, 512MB DDR
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I recently bought an Enlight EN-7602 case and installed a MicroStar MS-6382 motherboard. The case has a space for an optional second fan but the motherboard only seems to have one connection for a case fan, is there any way I can install a second fan? Many thanks, Adam
Name: TBrunye Date: October 1, 2003 at 17:00:32 Pacific
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you can buy a splitter for like 1.99 at your local CompUSA or microcenter or what have you... but your should have more than one connection, read the manual
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Response Number 2
Name: jam Date: October 1, 2003 at 17:14:19 Pacific
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If you don't have any other fans connections on your mobo, you can always plug your case fan into the power supply...provided you have an extra 4-pin connector & you get a case fan with the appropriate plug.
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Response Number 3
Name: ward Date: October 1, 2003 at 17:40:40 Pacific
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You can also get adapters for different fans to connect to the power supply cables.
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Response Number 4
Name: buster65 Date: October 1, 2003 at 18:17:34 Pacific
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Look at the board near the bios chip at the corner of the board and you will see a pin set named SFAN1. This is the system fan.
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Response Number 5
Name: paka Date: October 1, 2003 at 22:16:59 Pacific
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hello... i got a big problem... i had the same problem, couldn't find another case fan connector and was frustrated. there was a fan inside the power box thinger that was justanother case fan i figured, so i stripped the wires on it and ran a wire to the other fan. i started it up without hooking up the other fan yet, it started up fine but i was really stupid because i cut the wire i was running to the other fan while it was going and when my scissors touched both ends of the wire i was running to the other fan, the system shut down. it wouldn't start back up. i unpluged it, took the power box off, plugged it back in with the power box being held by me. still wouldn't work, then somehow i managed to touch the board onto the case and my hand at the same time, there are black marks on the board inside the power box form shortcircuiting and my whole arm got a huge #$% shock. the board touched the case in 2 different spots and shortciruted that way to. i know for sure the power box is completely shot, but my question is... is it just the power box that's screwed up or think the motherboard/processor and all that is messed up to?
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Response Number 6
Name: thompson Date: October 1, 2003 at 23:09:20 Pacific
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Messed up? I'd say power box and Paka too and no telling what else!!
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Response Number 7
Name: Branflakes Date: October 2, 2003 at 11:06:14 Pacific
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No way to tell without checking each component separately. I'm pretty sure your mobo is gone.
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Response Number 8
Name: paka Date: October 3, 2003 at 06:13:20 Pacific
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really?!?! @#$%!!!! it twas a computer at school :P i'll blame it being so dusty from never being cleaned... hehe gosh, that sucks
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