Help Controlling FAN Speed

[lcymet]

I have a Silverstone 120mm case exhaust fan that came with my case - I believe it's the same case fan that you can buy seperately, but mine didn't come with the fan controller.

I would like to be able control the fan speed because it's blowing more air then I need and I'd like it to be quieter. (apprently the Silverstone 120 gets 100 CFM at full speed, and will run fullspeed without the fan controller)

I'm hoping I can get one of those Zalman Fanmates to control the RPM, but one thing is confusing me....

The fan has three wires... the red and black wires go to a fullsize 4-pin molex connector (connected to the powersupply) and the yellow goes to a 3-pin motherboard connector - Will the fan mate work if I connect it to the 3-pin, and the 3-pin to the motherboard?

I have the Asus SK8V motherboard and an Opteron 146.. on which I enabled "Q-fan" control.. which doesn't seem to do much.

Thanks in advance,

Laurence

 

[skadoo323]

not too sure but if you were to connect the fan to the motherboard, then wouldn't the motherboard control the fan still. a point of having a fan controller is to manually control the fan yourself. i think in your case you don't connect it to the motherboard.

 

[lcymet]

Yes.. but the fan controller only has a 3-pin connector... so I'm hoping that the fan takes a signal from the 3-pin connector, and I'm assuming the motherboard is sedning that signal.. so when the fan controller is connected.. I can regulate the signal sent to the fan form the motherboard. Otherwise... the fan is just running form the 4-pin at full speed.