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stoggs1 · Mar 2, 2013, 10:04 PM

hello everyone, yesterday i made a thread about my cpu fan being broke so i went and got a replacement fan today from my brothers place problem is its a 3 pin connector and the connector on the motherboard is a 5 pin. so would i be ok if i plugged the 3 pin into the 5 pin slot?

and i also have a another fan that would work its 4 pin though. would that work in a 5 pin if the 3 pin dont?

and one last thing the cpu fan had a broken blade so i broke the 2 more blades off to balance it out. would i be able to use it if the other fans i have dont work?

thanks in advance.

Mar 2, 2013, 10:04 PM	#1
stoggs1 Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 30 (0.38/day) Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	can i plug a 3 pin or 4 pin into a 5 pin connector on the motherboard? hello everyone, yesterday i made a thread about my cpu fan being broke so i went and got a replacement fan today from my brothers place problem is its a 3 pin connector and the connector on the motherboard is a 5 pin. so would i be ok if i plugged the 3 pin into the 5 pin slot? and i also have a another fan that would work its 4 pin though. would that work in a 5 pin if the 3 pin dont? and one last thing the cpu fan had a broken blade so i broke the 2 more blades off to balance it out. would i be able to use it if the other fans i have dont work? thanks in advance.