How can I hook up my fans to my new fan controller?

[ghounds07]

Okay basically my questions is stated in the Topic Heading. Here is what is happening:

I just bought an Aspire Fan Master Fan Controller which comes with the leads shown in the picture of that link. However, the 3 Aspire fans I am using have only the power connectors, as shown in this picture. So I was wondering how would I go about connecting the fans to the fan controller? Right now here is what I need:

The feed to the fan controller has the little box end of the feed (the one where 3 pins can fit into it), and the cord that has to connect to the fan has the 3 pins sticking out, plus the little plastic backing on it.

In shorter terms, I need to find a way to make my fan look like this (when referring to the connections).

If anyone knows of any place I could buy these things it would be greatly appreciated! (Newegg, ZipZoomFly, or Ebay would be great if there is anything I need on those sites).

 

[StyleMechanics]

I had the same question for my Coolermaster Aerogate 1 and after some searching i found this:

http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?L...2&url_place=discovery_detail&serial=41

Its a tutorial on how to connect a HSF to the Fan controller.

The concept is the same for any fan, you have to cut and strip the wire of both wires for the fan and the connector. The red and black are the power and ground and the yellow is for sensor. reconnect the 2 ends of the red and black and then use electrical tape to close it off. I was about to go and buy new fans with the regular connector so i wouldnt have to do that...and i still may. I'm lazy like that.

let me know how it goes!

 

[Navid]

You can get this or many other alternatives depending on your preference.
http://www.svc.com/4to3ad.html

 

[Leros]

If you want it now, they sell the same thing for like $4 at compusa

 

[imported_rod]

So your Fans are the 4-pin molex type, but you fan controller supports the 3-pin mobo header type.

You can buy adapters, or if you already have the 3pin type cables that connect to your controller, you can even cut and re-solder the wires on the fans (if you have a soldering iron). Just make sure you solder the wires the right way, or else the fan will spin backwards.

RoD

 

[javiervi]

very easy... get some wire cutting pliers, a soldering iron, solder, and wire... Now you cut those molex, then cut the the controler wire, then put them together and solder. That easy.

 

[ghounds07]

Okay, I have no compusa in my area, but I think I might just order that thing from SVC, seeing as I don't have a soldering iron, and have never used one before, lol.

Also, I saw on that coolermaster page that there were 2 wires coming off of the cable from the fan controller, black and red, whereas mine has black, red, and yellow. Does this make a difference if I purchase that thing from SVC? And when posting on a different forum some guy said I needed a female molex to a female header, and gave me <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.adpmods.com/case-modding/Simple-4-Pin-to-3-Pin-adapter-p-196.ht
l">this link</a>. Is this what the thing on SVC is?

Thanks for all the help guys...and if you still need clarification on what I am looking for I have posted some pictures of what I have --

Okay, here are the connectors / pictures of what the inside of my fan controller looks like.

This is what the back of my fan controller looks like (the connections): click here for picture (it's a little blurry but the connectors for the fans are the 4 tan things, they look exactly like the feed from the picture below that has the "FAN 4" tag on it)

This is what the connections look like from the fan controller to the fan (the connector that has to go to the fan has the little fan tag wrapped around it: click here for picture

 

[Navid]

The 3-pin end of the adapter from SVC hooks up to your fan controller as you can see. You can also use the extension cables that you show in your last picture if you need to.

You say that your fans have 4-pin Molex connectors. That means that your fan connectors do not have an RPM monitor wire (no 4-pin Molex connector does). So, there is no use for the third wire, which is for monitoring the speed of the fan if it exists and if the fan is capable of providing a signal to report RPM.

You only need the black and red wires on the 3-pin connector, which correspond to the black and yellow wires on the 4-pin molex connector.

 

[ghounds07]

Okay, thanks for the help everyone, I'll go ahead and buy those adapters from SVC!