VGA Cooler 3 pin connector to 2 pin - how do I do that?

mulderfox · 28-September-04, 03:05 AM

I'm getting the vantec iceberg 4 pro and the card I want to install it on is a terratec mystify ti4800-8x - which has a fan power inlet of 2 pins only.
how can I connect it? and will it work with the voltage "given" by the card?

thanks.

floatingtrem · 28-September-04, 08:08 AM

well, in this situation with my FX5600 (cept instead of on aceberg, it was just an 80mm fan strapped on with zip ties) i just ran the wires for the fan aroun the back of my mobo and hooked em up to my fanbus. but there are other ways. if you have a passive NB cooler you should have a fan header right next to the agp slot you can plug into, and if thats taken, there is usually a case fan header down in the lower right of the mobo. but if you are dead set on hooking it up to your graphics card, you could try ignoring the yellow wire (its usually red black and yellow) chop the 3 pin connector, and then just nab the 2 pin connector off the old HSF unit and hook it up to the red and black wires (make sue you match it up the same way as the old fan) then youi should be good to go, but i like the options with a mobo fan header, fanbus, or even straight to the PSU with a molex adapter

mulderfox · 28-September-04, 01:31 PM

thank you!

quite informative..

28-September-04, 03:05 AM		#1 (permalink)
mulderfox Apex Techie Wannabe	VGA Cooler 3 pin connector to 2 pin - how do I do that? I'm getting the vantec iceberg 4 pro and the card I want to install it on is a terratec mystify ti4800-8x - which has a fan power inlet of 2 pins only. how can I connect it? and will it work with the voltage "given" by the card? thanks.

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28-September-04, 08:08 AM		#2 (permalink)
floatingtrem Apex Elite Expert Tech	well, in this situation with my FX5600 (cept instead of on aceberg, it was just an 80mm fan strapped on with zip ties) i just ran the wires for the fan aroun the back of my mobo and hooked em up to my fanbus. but there are other ways. if you have a passive NB cooler you should have a fan header right next to the agp slot you can plug into, and if thats taken, there is usually a case fan header down in the lower right of the mobo. but if you are dead set on hooking it up to your graphics card, you could try ignoring the yellow wire (its usually red black and yellow) chop the 3 pin connector, and then just nab the 2 pin connector off the old HSF unit and hook it up to the red and black wires (make sue you match it up the same way as the old fan) then youi should be good to go, but i like the options with a mobo fan header, fanbus, or even straight to the PSU with a molex adapter

28-September-04, 01:31 PM		#3 (permalink)
mulderfox Apex Techie Wannabe	thank you! quite informative..