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Help finding adapter that goes between side fan and mobo
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:00 pm
by blitzymighty
My friend's new PC case came with several little adapters that I assume were female-female and served the purpose of being in between the side fan and the mobo. This way, when you need to open the case, you don't have to reach into the mobo to disconnect the side fan power cables. He was going to give them to me, but now can't find them. I have searched google and ebay, even talked to Newegg customer service, and I can't find anywhere to buy them. Any ideas would be much appreciated!
Re: Help finding adapter that goes between side fan and mobo
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:31 pm
by XstollieX
If you mean something like a fan extension cable Newegg.com has a bunch of them
here. Though they are male-female... Are you looking for the cables that connect to the motherboard or directly to a 4pin molex(PSU)?
Re: Help finding adapter that goes between side fan and mobo
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:12 pm
by blitzymighty
XstollieX wrote:If you mean something like a fan extension cable Newegg.com has a bunch of them
here. Though they are male-female... Are you looking for the cables that connect to the motherboard or directly to a 4pin molex(PSU)?
Thanks for quick reply, and I would need an extra fan power cable to accomplish this, but the adapter is what is hard to find. I even just talked to a rep from buy.com in the PC dept and she did not have a clue. It's like set up like this:
CASE SIDE PANEL--TWO FANS SCREWED TO SIDE--POWER CORD FROM FAN(s)---FEMALE ADAPTER END--FEMALE ADAPTER END--ANOTHER FAN POWER CABLE---MOBO FAN POWER CONNECTOR.
This way, you don't have to yank the cable out of the tiny little spot on the mobo every time you need to open the side of the case.
Re: Help finding adapter that goes between side fan and mobo
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:26 pm
by XstollieX
So your looking for a y-cable. Plug two fans into the cable and then attach the cable to the motherboard. Something like
these
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Re: Help finding adapter that goes between side fan and mobo
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:42 pm
by blitzymighty
Yes, that might work! I noticed that the one end for the mobo looks different, I'd have to make sure I have a spare power connector like that.
BTW, I just noticed that you are a staff writer. Thanks for all the effort you and your co-workers put into the articles and comparisons! Not to mention helping people like me who are looking for some random thing!
Re: Help finding adapter that goes between side fan and mobo
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:58 pm
by blitzymighty
Looked at the reviews and one guy says:
I hope everyone reads this and other review and makes sure they are trying to hook two power connectors to one fan, rather than two fans to one power connector. It will not do the latter.
But the next item in that search you did looks like it does what I want, basically with the adapter built into the cable.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6812189063
Re: Help finding adapter that goes between side fan and mobo
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:26 am
by bubba
Re: Help finding adapter that goes between side fan and mobo
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:10 am
by XstollieX
blitzymighty wrote:Looked at the reviews and one guy says:
I hope everyone reads this and other review and makes sure they are trying to hook two power connectors to one fan, rather than two fans to one power connector. It will not do the latter.
But the next item in that search you did looks like it does what I want, basically with the adapter built into the cable.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6812189063
Oops, just grabbed an image, didn't really look at it Sorry bout that. At least the search was right