3 Case fans not working, please help.

ask83r

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Case: https://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-case-galaxy01
Motherboard: https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97prousb31ac

I have three fans to hook up and here are the parts they look like
http://puu.sh/kprqD/3ea6a64488.jpg (no. 1 and 2)
http://puu.sh/kprrF/1444d87796.jpg (no. 3)

So I plugged this into channel fan
http://puu.sh/kprI8/c741ccc7cb.jpg

and plugged no 1 and 2 into it like so
http://puu.sh/kprsd/a1a7e3c624.jpg

no 3 still is not plugged in but when I turned it on, non of the fans work except my CPU fan (which I won't even include in the post since it's working)

Any ideas? There's no 3 prong pins on the board to plug no 3 into anyways.

Thanks!
 
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yeah, use the power supply connectors, not the board connector. Or just use one fan per connector from the mobo.
 

LTC8K6

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Umm...that board has 4 chassis fan connectors and 2 CPU fan connectors.

Were you thinking you couldn't plug the 3 pin fan plug into the 4 pin mobo connectors?

Well, you can. :biggrin:

Plug each chassis fan into a chassis fan connector. Look closely, you'll see that the 3 pin fan plug will fit the 4 pin mobo connector. The mobo connector was designed for both 3 and 4 pin connectors.

In the BIOS set these 3 pin fans to DC control, and set the CPU fan to PWM control.

http://img.bhs4.com/DB/C/DBCE7D7D74819B7BC287C7A93EED64D831CA56EE_lis.jpg
 
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MongGrel

Lifer
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Umm...that board has 4 chassis fan connectors and 2 CPU fan connectors.

Were you thinking you couldn't plug the 3 pin fan plug into the 4 pin mobo connectors?

Well, you can. :biggrin:

Plug each chassis fan into a chassis fan connector. Look closely, you'll see that the 3 pin fan plug will fit the 4 pin mobo connector. The mobo connector was designed for both 3 and 4 pin connectors.

In the BIOS set these 3 pin fans to DC control, and set the CPU fan to PWM control.

http://img.bhs4.com/DB/C/DBCE7D7D74819B7BC287C7A93EED64D831CA56EE_lis.jpg

This right here.

I'd be very surprised if that board did not have connectors in several spots for fans, you can put a 3 pin fan on a 4 pin mobo connector.
 
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