MOBO/PSU no molex connectors, what to do?
-MBG--De-Sniper
Alaska
I acquired a computer from one of my teachers at school, because it didn't work and I had a mobo and processor I wanted to put in it. But my new Gigabyte z68xp ud3p mobo has no molex connectors for the fans in the case and neither does the psu, but it does have some extra pcie 6 pin connectors. I tried using a small 3 pin sysfan to molecule adapter to run my fans but I they still don't work. Any suggestions? I thought about pcie 6pin to molex 4pin, but havnt been able to find any cables that go that way
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So I'm thinking a pcie to molex adapter might work, but those don't seem to be available
The fans are molex already but I have nothing to connect them to in this case that works
Hopefully I can find a place up here in Alaska that has some and isn't over 50mi away
Ok, if the fans are 12 volt, yellow on PSU connector should be 12 Volt and RED on fan should be 12 Volt. Black on both go together. RED for PSU is 5 volt only, will not run most fans.
Some folks would run some fans (varied by fan if would work or not) as follows:
Yellow PSU to RED fan;
Red PSU to BLACK fan.
This powered fan to 7 volt, lowest speed(or nothing if fan would not run until it had 8 volt fed to it).
I used the normal:
Yellow PSU to Red Fan;
Black PSU to Black Fan.
This powered fan to 12 volt, full speed. What can I say, I had quiet fans.
John.
Maybe I'll have to try and Jerry Rig up some front USB ports somehow........