A four pin connector is a little different than the three pin connector since it has the extra fourth wire used for controlling and sending signals to the fan which likely has a chip on it that tells it to slow down or speed up in addition to the other wires the three pin connector has.
Multiple pc fan connector.
The fan connector will have two guides 1 and these will need to line up with the tab 2 that is on the motherboard fan header.
So the motherboard asus b85m gamer i chose has only one fan header.
I read a few threads and i understood that i can connect two fans to one.
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Connect the fan to the power supply.
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If you connect the 4 pin fan connector to a 3 pin header then the fan will run at maximum rpm.
Replace the side panel door on the computer case and turn on the power switch.
Using a screwdriver insert at least 4 screws into the corresponding holes in each corner of the case fan.
Which obviously isn t enough and the case i chose circle cc830 has 5 fans.
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