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3 Pin Case Fan Connector???

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Name: NightCrawler
Date: July 20, 2008 at 14:06:45 Pacific
Subject: 3 Pin Case Fan Connector???
OS: WinXP Pro
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Purchased a dual ended molex power cable that had an attached lead wire which was supposed to have a 3 pin case fan connector, but actually turned out to have only a 2 pin case fan connector and has a hood on the case fan connector as opposed to the flat piece of plastic that the other connector had.
My question is; shouldnt this be a 3 pin case fan connector and not 2 pin, you can even tell from looking at it that it looks like it should have had the 3 pins, but there are only 2, is this dangerous possibly causing the fan to overheat or something?
Thank you.


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Response Number 1
Name: RTAdams89
Date: July 20, 2008 at 14:24:55 Pacific
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Case fans have three wires. 2 for power and one for reporting their speed. If you are using a power adapter like this, there is no use for the speed sensing wire, and so, the adapter will only have 2 wires.

-Ryan Adams
http://RyanTAdams.com


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Response Number 2
Name: NightCrawler
Date: July 20, 2008 at 14:41:28 Pacific
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Good to know, thank you.


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