The contestants: Asus A7N8X Deluxe, Antec SX630II case, and a few Panaflo fans and connectors.
Front USB ports: The Antec manual says there are eight wires to connect front case ports to the front USB headers on the motherboard. No problem--except that I have nine wires. I have three ground wires, but only two ground pins. (There is also a "no contact" pin on the header.) What do I do with this extra ground wire? The other eight wires in the set line up fine.
The panaflo fans (BG Micro version) have a three-pin male plug if you take off the tail wires. With the tail attached the other end is two wire, red (plus) and blue (minus) and no wire for rpm.
1) To plug one into CHA_FAN1, am I correct in assuming that red (plus) = +12 and blue (minus) = ground?
2) I have three to four pin connector (from SVC) to plug another fan into a molex connector (red and black wire). Aside from an excess of wire, can I just plug the 3-to-4 pin converter (red and black) into the end of the red and blue wires (and the other end into a molex connector)? Otherwise I'm stuck with a male vs. male connection (fan vs 3-to-4 converter).
Front USB ports: The Antec manual says there are eight wires to connect front case ports to the front USB headers on the motherboard. No problem--except that I have nine wires. I have three ground wires, but only two ground pins. (There is also a "no contact" pin on the header.) What do I do with this extra ground wire? The other eight wires in the set line up fine.
The panaflo fans (BG Micro version) have a three-pin male plug if you take off the tail wires. With the tail attached the other end is two wire, red (plus) and blue (minus) and no wire for rpm.
1) To plug one into CHA_FAN1, am I correct in assuming that red (plus) = +12 and blue (minus) = ground?
2) I have three to four pin connector (from SVC) to plug another fan into a molex connector (red and black wire). Aside from an excess of wire, can I just plug the 3-to-4 pin converter (red and black) into the end of the red and blue wires (and the other end into a molex connector)? Otherwise I'm stuck with a male vs. male connection (fan vs 3-to-4 converter).