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45 minutes ago, ShadyOrb09 said:

The first picture is of the actual fan I want to plug in, the second picture is of the fan controller I have, in the picture it's plugged into another fan I currently have plugged in. If I was to plug it into the 4 pin CPU fan port on the motherboard would it work?

My advice, plug them directly to PSU. Cut connector from wires, remove isolation and hook them up in any molex adapter (you can buy for 1$ or cheaper) red is + black is -  for psu that means black is - and yellow is + (go red with psu-yellow and black with black, if its 5v cooler then you go for red-red wire) You cant demage your psu with this, worst thing that you can kill cooler i guess if you mess up something..

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Hello, I just bought a i7-6700k on friday, and my CPU fan decided to bite the dust, I was going to try and lube it up as it's rumbling and overheating to the point it just stop running, but Cooler Master decided not to make a hole for the bearing so you can't do that. 

Anyways, I found a 2-pin 120mm fan in a power supply, and I just took it apart and took out the fan. 

Problem is I can't seem to find a 2-pin fan header on the motherboard I have (AsRock Z270 Pro4).

 

Though, my case has a built-in fan controller and the fans are 3 pin to 2 pin, so I was wondering if I can just line up the red and black cables with the red and black cables on the fan controller cable. I added pictures so you could understand what I mean.

 

I wanted to ask before I tried it so I didn't blow anything up. 

Also, if you like you can try to find a 2-pin on the motherboard, but I don't think there is one. 

(http://www.asrock.com.tw/MB/Intel/Z270 Pro4/index.asp)

 

 

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Plug it onto the mobos 4 pins, with the little slot thingy lining up with the notch. 2 pin just means you can't measure the speed of the fan.

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Plug it onto the mobos 4 pins, with the little slot thingy lining up with the notch. 2 pin just means you can't measure the speed of the fan.

How do I know where to put there red and black cables? Also, will anything explode (obviously not explode, but you know what I mean) if I do this?

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1 minute ago, ShadyOrb09 said:

How do I know where to put there red and black cables? Also, will anything explode (obviously not explode, but you know what I mean) if I do this?

Is the second picture of the connector on the fan?

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The first picture is of the actual fan I want to plug in, the second picture is of the fan controller I have, in the picture it's plugged into another fan I currently have plugged in. If I was to plug it into the 4 pin CPU fan port on the motherboard would it work?

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45 minutes ago, ShadyOrb09 said:

The first picture is of the actual fan I want to plug in, the second picture is of the fan controller I have, in the picture it's plugged into another fan I currently have plugged in. If I was to plug it into the 4 pin CPU fan port on the motherboard would it work?

My advice, plug them directly to PSU. Cut connector from wires, remove isolation and hook them up in any molex adapter (you can buy for 1$ or cheaper) red is + black is -  for psu that means black is - and yellow is + (go red with psu-yellow and black with black, if its 5v cooler then you go for red-red wire) You cant demage your psu with this, worst thing that you can kill cooler i guess if you mess up something..

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2 minutes ago, chexor said:

My advice, plug them directly to PSU. Cut connector from wires, remove isolation and hook them up in any molex adapter (you can buy for 1$ or cheaper) red is + black is -  for psu that means black is - and yellow is + (go red with psu-yellow and black with black, if its 5v cooler then you go for red-red wire) You cant demage your psu with this, worst thing that you can kill cooler i guess if you mess up something..

Hey thanks for the advice, my cousin is giving me a 120mm molex fan until I can get another fan for my cooler. Thanks for the advice though, it's useful to know!

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