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...

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



like clocker said, the small lights in the front that show ur hdd activity and ur power connect into jumper lookin things like this

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?