Fan Header

[kazaaliterock]

how many do a mobo usually have? not including the one for the cpu. all the mobo i have seen only have 1 header for a case fan :( . does that mean i can only have one case fan?

[Livy]

u can buy an adaptor so it will run of the same supply as the hdd drives etc, rather than drawing more current throught the mobo. u can have as manys fans as you like.

[clocker]

My Asus board has two fan headers in addition to the HSF header.

I don't use them because the mobo wants to run the fans at max rpm all the time...

[kazaaliterock]

so u dont have ne case fan? or it there another way to connect the fan.

and can you link me to one of those adapter? cuz i hve no clue what it is.

[kazaaliterock]

oh and btw, the case i order have 2 front panel lights. Where would i plug the header for that?

[clocker]

KLR,
This is the fan adaptor you will need...
http://us.st7.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/directron_1766_243448698.gif
They are common as dirt, any computer store should have them.
What are the two lights on the front of your case for?
If they are the power supply indicator and HDD activity light, then there are very specific places that they will plug into your motherboard.
If they are just decorative lights on your case front you can plug them into any unused molexs from your PSU.

Edit: of course I have case fans. Out the ying yang in fact. I made my own fan control panel and am still screwing around with placement.

[kazaaliterock]

its a front panel neon light bars (just there to light up the front panel) lol but i look at my psu and i dotn see ne port.


and can u tell me what the adapter are called?

[TheFilePirater]

does ur case look like mine??, if it does, can u see the power cord at the lower right hand side of the pic...thats the plug-in that goes to the front panel lights

http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/guys/power%20cords.JPG

like clocker said, the small lights in the front that show ur hdd activity and ur power connect into jumper lookin things like this
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/misc/pins.JPG
sorry thats shit pic

[kazaaliterock]

yea look exactly like urs but its whitish (word?) color. the lights im talking about are the 2 front panel light bar veritcly on the case front panel.....the light bar on ur case.

i can just pick out random ones that fit right?

i dotn have my mobo yet so if i plug it into the thing will it still light up?

[clocker]

Isn't it a bit early to be putting up Christmas decorations?

[TheFilePirater]

http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/IMC/power%20cords.JPG

the lights in the front are connected like that right (circled)
haha clocker :lol:

[kazaaliterock]

which cable is that? does it have ne lables?

[TheFilePirater]

that goes to ur front lights, the ones that change colors

[kazaaliterock]

i have four lines

one lable power switch

one lable reset switch

one lable hdd led

one split into two header and one has a "+" and one has a "-"

[clocker]

Originally posted by kazaaliterock@8 November 2003 - 12:19
which cable is that? does it have ne lables?
It should be fairly obvious.

There simply aren't that many different types of connectors coming out of your PSU.

[kazaaliterock]

this is my first case w/ the light things so i have no clue... yes....i am a moron :( *go sit in corner*

[TheFilePirater]

wat kind of motherboard do u have?

[clocker]

I didn't call you a moron.

But I'm tempted now.

If this is a new case didn't it come with a manual?

Or the proverbial bag 'o parts?

If the PSU doesn't have a specific connector for those lights then there is probably a adaptor that plugs into a Molex connector.

[TheFilePirater]

yes there is, my pc had one, its not hard to plug shit in

[kazaaliterock]

no my case didnt come w/ a manual at all :(

[TheFilePirater]

mine didnt either, but its not hard to match plug-ins....did the mobo come wit one?

[clocker]

Okay.

How about a box/bag of parts?

mine didnt either, but its not hard to match plug-ins....did the mobo come wit one?
Where are your lights plugged in Capt. Swallow?
Surely not the motherboard?

[kazaaliterock]

okay i know u guys are going to kill me for asking this but, do u need the motherboard for the light to work?


the bag came w/ scres and thing to screw in the mobo only.

[TheFilePirater]

no, the lights came wit a cord like the one u posted

[kazaaliterock]

uhhh which cord .....the "+" and "-' one?

[clocker]

Originally posted by kazaaliterock@8 November 2003 - 12:45
okay i know u guys are going to kill me for asking this but, do u need the motherboard for the light to work?


the bag came w/ scres and thing to screw in the mobo only.
That seems sorta cheesy.

I suppose you'll just have to toddle down to CompUSA (or your local equivalent) and get a adaptor.

BTW, I'd be royally pissed if I bought a case with lights and they didn't provide any way to hook 'em up...


uhhh which cord .....the "+" and "-' one?

Huh?

[TheFilePirater]

after looking at my pc for a few, i relized wat his problem is...giveme a second clocker and i post a pic..

[kazaaliterock]

Originally posted by clocker+8 November 2003 - 20:55--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 8 November 2003 - 20:55)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-kazaaliterock@8 November 2003 - 12:45
okay i know u guys are going to kill me for asking this but, do u need the motherboard for the light to work?


the bag came w/ scres and thing to screw in the mobo only.
That seems sorta cheesy.

I suppose you&#39;ll just have to toddle down to CompUSA (or your local equivalent) and get a adaptor.

BTW, I&#39;d be royally pissed if I bought a case with lights and they didn&#39;t provide any way to hook &#39;em up...


uhhh which cord .....the "+" and "-&#39; one?

Huh? [/b][/quote]
ya, lol how do u think im feeling right now :angry: :swear:

but what adapter do i need then? and whats the name of the adapter u posted earlier?

[kazaaliterock]

Originally posted by TheFilePirater@8 November 2003 - 20:37
mine didnt either, but its not hard to match plug-ins....did the mobo come wit one?
you mean u plug the front panel bubble light bars into the mobo?

[TheFilePirater]

*clockers info*ok, after examing my pc, i come to relized that our cases have front usb2 and audio....
pic...
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/guys/audio.JPG

but i took mine out cuz i dont not use front usb and such (have a hub, and the pins are to confusing for mine)

this is wat the usb and audio thing looks like...
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/guys/usb.JPG

and on the other end of that is jumper looking things like this...
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/IMC/jumpers.JPG

then those jumper pin things plug into the mobo in places like here
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/cars/pins%20on%20mobo.JPG

[clocker]

Originally posted by kazaaliterock@8 November 2003 - 13:15

you mean u plug the front panel bubble light bars into the mobo?
I don&#39;t think so.

Let&#39;s just wait till he posts his picture.

I see from the pictures that we are all FUBAR now.

Those lights almost certainly plug into the PSU harness through a standard molex adaptor.

All that other bushwah (USB ,audio,HDD activity etc.) should be covered in the manual for your motherboard.

Please Jesus, tell us that you have a manual for your mobo... :o

[TheFilePirater]

http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/misc/molex.JPG
here we are ol chap

those blue and white wires with the plug goes into the front panel for the lights

[clocker]

Just as I suspected.

[kazaaliterock]

so what adapter do i need?

[kazaaliterock]

Originally posted by TheFilePirater@8 November 2003 - 21:20
*clockers info*ok, after examing my pc, i come to relized that our cases have front usb2 and audio....
pic...
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/guys/audio.JPG

but i took mine out cuz i dont not use front usb and such (have a hub, and the pins are to confusing for mine)

this is wat the usb and audio thing looks like...
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/guys/usb.JPG

and on the other end of that is jumper looking things like this...
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/IMC/jumpers.JPG

then those jumper pin things plug into the mobo in places like here
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/cars/pins%20on%20mobo.JPG
i nkow how to hook up those. i just dont know howt o get the fucekn light to light up. so if i dont have my mobo in (which i dont) i can still get teh front panel light to light up?

[kazaaliterock]

Originally posted by clocker+8 November 2003 - 21:25--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 8 November 2003 - 21:25)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-kazaaliterock@8 November 2003 - 13:15

you mean u plug the front panel bubble light bars into the mobo?
I don&#39;t think so.

Let&#39;s just wait till he posts his picture.

I see from the pictures that we are all FUBAR now.

Those lights almost certainly plug into the PSU harness through a standard molex adaptor.

All that other bushwah (USB ,audio,HDD activity etc.) should be covered in the manual for your motherboard.

Please Jesus, tell us that you have a manual for your mobo... :o [/b][/quote]
so its call a standard molex adapter?

[TheFilePirater]

Originally posted by TheFilePirater@8 November 2003 - 20:40
http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/misc/molex.JPG
here we are ol chap

those blue and white wires with the plug goes into the front panel for the lights
this one

[clocker]

Originally posted by kazaaliterock@8 November 2003 - 13:49

so its call a standard molex adapter?
NO&#33;

Just tell the poor unfortunate who has to wait on you that you need an adaptor to plug a fan into a molex connector.

Your lights have exactly the same connector as a fan does.

[kazaaliterock]

okay so the connector i have for my front panels light bar look like this but w/ only the 2 pins circle in the pic.
http://server2.uploadit.org/files/081103-akdljf;alsdkjfl;asdkjfl;asdl;fasd.GIF
so i would use this to connect it to the molex right?

http://server2.uploadit.org/files/081103-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.GIF


p.s. @clocker im sry if i was being an idiot but this is my first time w/ a case w/ front panel light bars. i wouldnt have ne problem if the connector actually fited but like u siad, i need a adapter. and until now i dotn even know what a apdater for the molex is. so ty for all ur help and sry for the trouble.

[TheFilePirater]

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[kazaaliterock]

Originally posted by TheFilePirater@8 November 2003 - 22:23
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but my lights connector are diff from ur

[TheFilePirater]

then match it up wit the ones at tigerdirect site

[kazaaliterock]

Originally posted by kazaaliterock@8 November 2003 - 22:20
okay so the connector i have for my front panels light bar look like this but w/ only the 2 pins circle in the pic.
http://server2.uploadit.org/files/081103-akdljf;alsdkjfl;asdkjfl;asdl;fasd.GIF
.
i dont even know y i need a adapter becuz the connector posted below (my light panel connector) fit into the exactly into the molex

[lynx]

http://members.shaw.ca/wenpigsfly/smileys/doh.gif

[TheFilePirater]

another wasted thread...

[kazaaliterock]

yes that is y i was cnfuse when u ugys told me to go get an adapter....sry :(


but now that u know i dont need an adaptor, y wont it light up?

sry pirate for making u go through all that trouble for nothign :( :unsure:

[TheFilePirater]

no its cool kazaa, its just....i donno

[kazaaliterock]

arg so should i rma it?

[kazaaliterock]

yay got it to work.....had to have the damn motherboard (just arrive) in to get it to light up.

[clocker]

You see now people?

This is why I HATE lights.

If it took 4 pages to get your bloody lights to work I can hardly wait till you start to load Windows...

[lynx]

If he&#39;s got windows and the lights are on, next thing he&#39;s going to want some curtains. :lol:

[TheFilePirater]

i turn mine off at night, except the front, that doesnt bother me alot