Hooking up case fans to the PSU

m0neymike

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Aug 27, 2006
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http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5003/pict0682rj4.jpg <- Case Fan

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7754/pict0683zx3.jpg <- Case Fan

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/179/pict0684yl1.jpg <- PSU Connection

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9846/pict0685jw7.jpg <- PSU Connection



sorry if the pictures are blurry or dark..i've had this camera for a while and still can't figure out how to configure it properly..

anyway on to my problem. This is my first time building a PC, seems like everything is going smoothly so far, I'm just putting it together as the parts arrive. So anyway I hooked up my motherboard and install PSU [Antec TP-II 550] [ http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=22550 ] and then when I go to hook up the two case fans, the ones that came preinstalled with the case, front and back. I look at the connectors for the fan and as you can see in those first two links there are two connectors one that has 4 holes and is "male" im assuming as it has 4 prongs then there is one tied together with it that is the "female" im assuming with 4 holes then room for something with 4 holes to be plugged into it.

So I figured simple enough and when I'm looking at the cords on my PSU I see two cords labeled FAN ONLY so I figured one for the front fan one for the back. But if you can see in the last two links I provided (might have to turn the brightness up) the connector ends have 4 holes and it looks like two of the holes are "female" and the other two looks like there's nothing in them.. like they're just plain plastic.

How do I hook up these case fans? I looked around for some answers but I'm pretty stumped and this is my first build too =/. Oh yea and the case I have is the COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW [ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068 ]

Thanks for any help given.
 

Trashman

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must be the question of the day, was answered here.....link
that should help ya, good luck with build.
 

m0neymike

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Aug 27, 2006
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Oh okay..sorry about that I didn't see it. So from what I'm getting out of that link is you can hook the fan up to either the fan only connection or the other ones, the "molex" connections? I guess when I read that the connection said "fan only" i took it as only hook the fan up to this connection and nothing else..not that "this connection can only power a fan and nothing else"