Deadly case fan? aaaaaaaaaaah!

I would like to know if hooking up a case fan with one of the 4 pins missing would pose a problem.

As you may know, the case fan has 2 wires that hook into 2 of the 4 pin connectors. The missing pins do not have the case fan connected to it. Therefire, I was wondering if hooking it up wouldpose a problem. I ask this because i've previously tried hooking up 2 fans on the same 4 pin connector same 2 power pins and had a little accident which caused me to get a new Case all together.

so the 4-pin connector attached to the fan has 3-pins on it? as long as the fans get power the other two pins won't cause any problems, connected or not.

WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!!!

veryhumid said:

so the 4-pin connector attached to the fan has 3-pins on it? as long as the fans get power the other two pins won't cause any problems, connected or not.

WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!!!

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thank you veyr much for the welcome as well as advice. I've been a 3day lurker second day poster and find the members here to be quite helpful(esp on AIM) thank you very much

however, If i happen to have an accident, I will be paying you a visit

seeing you've already been welcomed...

It's advisable not to put fans or lights ( = cheap stuff) on the same line as, or daisy chain them before a harddisk ( = expensive stuff)

Read http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=246262 fore more info...succes!

works like a charm. Thanks Guys

Yeah, I have one line for just my fans and cd-rw drive (just because they are all cheap). Then on another line is my video card, and my last one on the hard drive.