I need a fan adapter

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Kil4Thril

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I need to adapt a standard 3-pin fan to the smaller version to connect to a video card. Does anyone make such an animal? I can only find 2 pin, but I need and want 3 for the RPM sensing,
 
Get yourself a wirestripper and match up the colors into a 4-pin molex. Cut the red and black on the molex and then cut off the small connector. then just twist all 3 reds together and all three blacks together. (You can disregard the white).

If you have wire cutters you can strip wires without a wirestripper. Ask your friends/family, they'll probably have the tools you need.

Thats what I've been doing and it comes in handy for volt mods etc...
 
Oh, I can hack it if need be. I was just hoping there would be a direct adapter a vailable somewhere. Looks like I'll get to play with my new butane soldering iron this weekend.
 
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C'Mon, fellas. I want to run the new fan off the 4870 so I can control fan speed in the drivers. If that is a Panaflo connector, I can just get a tail and wire it to my Scythe fan and have fun. I THINK it is, but the only Panaflo I have was modded a few years ago, and no longer has the same tail on it.
 
Can't you just use the existing fan connector on the video card, hack it off the stock fan, and rewire it up with your new fan? Are there any pinouts of the connector?

Some googling, I found this:
1= +12Vcc
2= GND
3= SPEED SENSOR (it communicates the current speed of the fan back to the motherboard)
4= PWM pulse
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colinstu said:
Can't you just use the existing fan connector on the video card, hack it off the stock fan, and rewire it up with your new fan? Are there any pinouts of the connector?

Some googling, I found this:
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I'm trying to keep the warranty as PowerColor will warranty as long as you can return it to stock. Nothing else I have has the same connector to hack.
 
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