Silverstone Fan with MY Controller!

Hey everyone!

I just bought 2 Silverstone FM82 case fans, and I have been trying to figure out how to connect them to my fan controller (not the controller that comes with the fans) I will try to describe the problem as accurately as possible:

Look at this pic:



If you look closely, the fan has three connectors coming out of it:

1) The Molex Connector
2) A yellow wire with a brown plastic thingy on the end (to monitor RPMs)
3) A short connector with black tubing.

Now look at the controller: it has one connector, made of 2 wires (red and black).

So, to connect this fan, you need to connect the Molex connector, and to get speed controller, you need to connect #3 above (short connector with black tubing). If you only connect the Molex, the fan spins at full speed.

#3 has 2 female pins in its connector, whilst the Silverstone fan controller has 2 male pins.

The problem is that my fan controller has 3 male pins, to attach to the end of any other fan. Well, my controller actually has 2 male pins (with red and black wire), but it is a 3 pin connector.

Another observation I made was that underneath the black tubing of #3, there are 2 yellow wires.

So, any idea how I may connect with fan to my own controller? I don't have a spare 3.5 inch bay for the Silverstone controller, and even if I did, I want to control all my fans through one controller!

Many thanks guys!

 

You could try to do some solding and make your own connections if you were willing to risk it.

 

you should be able to get an adapter that converts a 4-pin molex to a 3-pin motherboard connector (the kind that your fan controller is using) and just ignore the yellow and black wires on the silverstone fan.