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Postby eno » Thu May 01, 2008 11:45 am

My motherboard only has one fan header... for the CPU fan. I want to add  a case fan .... is there any way of splitting the power from the single fan header?
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Re: Fans.

Postby NickN » Thu May 01, 2008 12:07 pm

Do not plug any case fan into the CPU fan port. That must remain dedicated to the CPU

If the board does not have a case fan header, use a HDD molex plug converter
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Re: Fans.

Postby eno » Thu May 01, 2008 12:39 pm

Cheers Nick ...... that's what I thought I've seen the converters along with splitters ..... I'll purchase the converter and run the case fans off the PSU.
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Re: Fans.

Postby a1 » Thu May 01, 2008 10:42 pm

Antec has great 120mm blue LED 3 speed fans that run off of the PSU using 4pin connections. ;)
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