[MoBo] Where put dese tings

[MonsieuRoberts]

Yeah, the top back one. It's plugged into what the gateway fan was plugged into, a 3 pin with a slot across the 3 that fits into 2 channels attached to the fan plug.IT's going to be impossible to take a picture, lemme try.

---------- Post added 2013-01-22 at 12:35 AM ----------

Yeah, you can't even see it with the other power cable almost on top of it plus my crap camera.

The connection is exactly like this.

---------- Post added 2013-01-22 at 12:36 AM ----------

Well, there's no extra pin though.

The old fan is a lot smaller than the new one, I'll post a pic. Could that have something to do with it?

[chazus]

It could be one of three things.

1) It might be smart enough to know its not the old case/ fan and is getting confused
2) It might be smart enough to turn it slow/off when the system is cool enough (Run some games to test)
3) That may be a port for a "CPU Fan 2" and there may be another system fan port nearby

[MonsieuRoberts]

Derp, I could just show you the end of the old fan, it's identical.



Here's the old tiny and new fan side by side.



---------- Post added 2013-01-22 at 12:42 AM ----------

I"ll try running Skyrim, see if it starts up.

---------- Post added 2013-01-22 at 12:54 AM ----------

Unless I spin it with my finger, the fan refuses to spin. Even with my finger, it doesn't seem to be spinning fast enough to do anything.

[chazus]

Maybe go into the bios and see if there is any settings regarding fans and fan speed. Does the pins it plugs into have 4 pins (like in the example picture earlier)

[MonsieuRoberts]

Does the pins it plugs into have 4 pins (like in the example picture earlier)

No, only 3, just like the fan plug. BIOS is when you spam something on the startup splashscreen, right?

[chazus]

Yeah, you press Del usually.. It might be F1, or F2 sometimes. Or even F10

[MonsieuRoberts]

Yeah, you press Del usually.. It might be F1, or F2 sometimes. Or even F10

I know that it's F12 on mine. Restarting, brb!

---------- Post added 2013-01-22 at 01:16 AM ----------

Alright, checked out the BIOS and didn't see anything interesting..smart fan is enabled, and that's about it. I turned on some USB beeps though!

Also, the fan seems to be acting fine. Strange. I'll post again if it turns off tomorrow, but for now, I'm calling this a job well done. Thanks guys!

[chazus]

It's a bit odd, I'll admit, but nothing you need to worry about. There's enough cooling on there that it's sort of a non-issue, if that back fan is spinning or not.