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toineg
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oke so i have some fans out of an apple mac pro from like 2009.

so i was wondering the fans have 4-pin connectors but they are not excactly the same(see picture, right is apple fan header left is normal fan header)

is it possible to use the apple fan on my normal atx motherboard with a 4-pin connection?

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if it fits in, it should work.

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I have some old powermac G5 fans, they have a 4 pin connector but it is weirdly connected. Fans run when two wires are connected to +12 volts and one wire to negative. One wire does nothing.

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oke so i plugged it in and it my pc doesn't even see the fan and it doesn't spin.

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8 minutes ago, Pesukarhu said:

I have some old powermac G5 fans, they have a 4 pin connector but it is weirdly connected. Fans run when two wires are connected to +12 volts and one wire to negative. One wire does nothing.

so which wires did you use and is t worth trying or should i just try to sell them?

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24 minutes ago, toineg said:

so which wires did you use and is t worth trying or should i just try to sell them?

Cut off the plug, and test the fan by twisting 3 wires together and using 4 aa cells in series. (A fresh 9v battery should do aswell) Put the 3 wires to the positive. If you smell fried electronics then you got the wrong combo. By some magic the fan doesnt break by wrong polarity. Or just sell it.

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Just now, Pesukarhu said:

Cut off the plug, and test the fan by twisting 3 wires together and using 4 aa cells in series. (A fresh 9v battery should do aswell) Put the 3 wires to the positive. If you smell fried electronics then you got the wrong combo. By some magic the fan doesnt break by wrong polarity. Or just sell it.

i guess i'm just gonna sell them thanks for the help.

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