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Control Non PWM fan (3 pins) on MSI A320m pro mobo

ZerosTech
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Id like to ask if there is a possible way to control 3 pin fans on my a320m pro mobo. As of now it is all connected to molex which is irritating because of the noise. Please help

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You can plug it Into a controller that has a 3pin fan header on it.

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You can plug it into the SYS_FAN1 connector on the board and let the BIOS handle it.

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2 minutes ago, Uptivuptiz said:

You can plug it into the SYS_FAN1

3 pin does work with 4 pin headers but afaik it will spin at 100% all the time and there is no control over it.

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1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

3 pin does work with 4 pin headers but afaik it will spin at 100% all the time and there is no control over it.

That depends on wether or not the BIOS fan control supports both PWM and DC. I'm pretty sure MSIs fan control supports it.

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13 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

3 pin does work with 4 pin headers but afaik it will spin at 100% all the time and there is no control over it.

Not true, currently have three 3-pin PWM fans plugged into 4-pin sys fan headers. As long as you plug it into the correct 3 pins (indicated by the notches) you can control speeds in the BIOS

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20 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Not true, currently have three 3-pin PWM fans plugged into 4-pin sys fan headers. As long as you plug it into the correct 3 pins (indicated by the notches) you can control speeds in the BIOS

Gigabyte B85M D3H

So i can buy a fan hub controller plug it to sys_fan1 and support it with sata to control voltage ? I can control sys_fan on bios but non are connected as of now still using molex

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7 hours ago, ZerosTech said:

So i can buy a fan hub controller plug it to sys_fan1 and support it with sata to control voltage ? I can control sys_fan on bios but non are connected as of now still using molex

How many fans? You could just buy 3-ways splitter. And besides that, you have the CPU header too. Though so if you would get new PWM fans, you could get splitter to that too.

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