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8pin to molex adapter wont fit?

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I have two case fans but on fan header on my mobo. My fans came with 4 pin to molex adapters and my psu has a 8 pin to molex adapter. The problem is they wont fit when i try to plug them in. Anyone know why?

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they have to fit did you notice those cut edges? you have align those perfectly to slide in and something push harder with allot of strength to slide those in.

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7 minutes ago, BenKavanagh said:

I have two case fans but on fan header on my mobo. My fans came with 4 pin to molex adapters and my psu has a 8 pin to molex adapter. The problem is they wont fit when i try to plug them in. Anyone know why?

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You just have to give them an extra little wiggle, as some times the pins dont line up fully. Is there a reason you want to plug your fans into molex instead of your mobo?

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The pins inside Molex are loose. As you can see they're nowhere near aligned. But they're not set that way, they rattle around randomly. As you plug it in, turn the wires to alight the pins and it'll slot in just fine.

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43 minutes ago, tt2468 said:

You just have to give them an extra little wiggle, as some times the pins dont line up fully. Is there a reason you want to plug your fans into molex instead of your mobo?

I have two fans but 1 fan header. I also have two 4pin to molex and a 8pin to molex. So i can have both fans on.

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47 minutes ago, Xsilent(X) said:

they have to fit did you notice those cut edges? you have align those perfectly to slide in and something push harder with allot of strength to slide those in.

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20 minutes ago, BenKavanagh said:

Yes im not blind

no need to get defensive, lots of people on here are new to the whole PC building, so sometimes the obvious needs to be stated.

 

Like others have already stated, if they don't fit it's simply because the pins are not aligned correctly, a bit of wiggling around will do.

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Eventually got them in but now my pc wont turn on when i plug the fans in lol. Probably a big fuck up. Just gonna go buy a fan splitter.

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12 hours ago, BenKavanagh said:

I have two fans but 1 fan header. I also have two 4pin to molex and a 8pin to molex. So i can have both fans on.

There's no such thing as 8pin molex. Molex connectors allow passthrough configuration, so you have connector with 2 female and 1 male ends.

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