How to fit a 2 pin fan to 3 pin mobo?

Bonger

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I just got a 80mm panaflo but its got a 2pin head. My mobo only has 3 pin slots. Is there an way to get it to fit? Can i cut 1 pin off my mobo? Or is there some type of converter i can buy?
 

Barnaby W. Füi

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look at how a 3 pin plug goes on, and match the 2 pin plug's wire colors to that, say pin1 is red, pin2 is black, and pin3 is yellow (just an example), match the red & black, and the pin that takes the yellow wire, ignore it and bend it to the side if needed.
 

Steven the Leech

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Read where some people split the 2 pin tail end of fan in half, and use the 2 outside pins of the motherboard/etc. for power to fan.