Motherboard doesn't have enough fan pins
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tom_gr7
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what motherboard and case do you have?
infact can you post up ya whole spec?
At first sight, you have a few options
You can get adapters to run the fans off the psu, either at 7 volts or 12 volts - ( 12 volts being max speed)
OR you could get a fan controller, then connect the three fans to that, and control the fan speed that way.
infact can you post up ya whole spec?
At first sight, you have a few options
You can get adapters to run the fans off the psu, either at 7 volts or 12 volts - ( 12 volts being max speed)
OR you could get a fan controller, then connect the three fans to that, and control the fan speed that way.
tom_gr7
Life Serving
I'd definitely get a lamptron fan controller! http://lamptron.com/products/Controller_Devices/
What about the FC 6? http://lamptron.com/products/view/Fan_Controller_FC6 - It will work fine with your 4 pin fans.
Watch the lost cost ones, some are made pretty cheaply, as a result they are often crap, only powering max of one fan per channel, I've found with fan controllers you get what you pay for.
If it was my rig, I'd have all the case fans connected to the fan controller.
Ideally you want one that can output about 20w's per channel, so you can group ya fans together, so ya top rear fans on one channel, ya front fans on one channel, etc etc.
What about the FC 6? http://lamptron.com/products/view/Fan_Controller_FC6 - It will work fine with your 4 pin fans.
Watch the lost cost ones, some are made pretty cheaply, as a result they are often crap, only powering max of one fan per channel, I've found with fan controllers you get what you pay for.
If it was my rig, I'd have all the case fans connected to the fan controller.
Ideally you want one that can output about 20w's per channel, so you can group ya fans together, so ya top rear fans on one channel, ya front fans on one channel, etc etc.
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