installing case fans

Effex · 02-13-2005, 04:46 PM

i plugged in the red/black wires into the psu but still have yellow wires with female 3pin connectors to hook up

are they for controllers?

xteam02001 · 02-13-2005, 04:53 PM

thats the speed detector on the fan. the yellow wire usually plugs into the mobo. what kind of fan is it. if you can take a picture it would help alot

Codeine · 02-13-2005, 04:57 PM

Effex, what kind of case do you have along with the fans? Another thing, where are you installing those fans in your case?

Effex · 02-13-2005, 05:06 PM

i have the tsunami case with the 3 120m fans

i put all 3 fans on 1 cord from the psu and put the hd and dvd on their own as well

Codeine · 02-13-2005, 07:31 PM

So you combined the wires foruming a single one. Then connecting it striaght to the source?

Effex · 02-13-2005, 10:06 PM

i hooked the big 4pin red/black wires to one psu line. these were labeled power

i dont know where to plug the small 3pin yellow wires into though

Codeine · 02-14-2005, 05:53 PM

If you combine those fans togather, your going to end up lossing RPM. I suggest a fan controler. They work alot better.

Effex · 02-15-2005, 11:36 PM

alright, ill use the controller that was sent with it. but i still dont know where to plug in the two yellow wires which measure fan speed?

02-13-2005, 04:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Effex Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 99	installing case fans i plugged in the red/black wires into the psu but still have yellow wires with female 3pin connectors to hook up are they for controllers?

02-13-2005, 04:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
xteam02001 Super Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 296	thats the speed detector on the fan. the yellow wire usually plugs into the mobo. what kind of fan is it. if you can take a picture it would help alot __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3200+ \"Venice\" ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 2GB OCZ Platinum DDR400 eVGA 256mb 6800GT ANTEC 430watt TruePower 2.0 WD 160GB 8MB cache HDD NEC 16x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW

02-13-2005, 04:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Codeine Master Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,091	Effex, what kind of case do you have along with the fans? Another thing, where are you installing those fans in your case? __________________ Finished With tech forums.

02-13-2005, 07:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
Codeine Master Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,091	So you combined the wires foruming a single one. Then connecting it striaght to the source? __________________ Finished With tech forums.

02-14-2005, 05:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
Codeine Master Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,091	If you combine those fans togather, your going to end up lossing RPM. I suggest a fan controler. They work alot better. __________________ Finished With tech forums.

02-13-2005, 05:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
Effex Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 99	i have the tsunami case with the 3 120m fans i put all 3 fans on 1 cord from the psu and put the hd and dvd on their own as well

02-13-2005, 10:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
Effex Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 99	i hooked the big 4pin red/black wires to one psu line. these were labeled power i dont know where to plug the small 3pin yellow wires into though

02-15-2005, 11:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
Effex Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 99	alright, ill use the controller that was sent with it. but i still dont know where to plug in the two yellow wires which measure fan speed?

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