Quick Panaflo Question

[bay]

I'm not sure if everyone's panaflos are like this, but I took advantage of the deal at bgmicro where 80mm panaflos were like 2.50 a piece. Anywho, i got them and all their connectors are only two pin females and I can't connect them to my mobo because they are 3 pin male.

Is there some adapter that i need to get?

thanks
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[EternalVortex]

Cut off the little tabs and they will work fine.

 

[veloc1ty]

just get a 3 pin that you ahve extra, plug it in, find out which pins on th emobo are ground and power and plug the red into power, black into ground, tada!

 

[Operandi]

All my Panaflo's are have 2 pin tails, there is no 3rd wire so a 3 pin connector has no use. You have two basic options; 1 do what EternalVortex suggests and cut the tab to make it fit or 2 get new tails.

In my system I cut the tab (one not both) and used the existing 2 pin connector. You can tell what side of the connector you need to modify by using a fan that uses all 3 wires as a reference. The 3rd yellow wire is always the tach output that will be not be present on the Panaflo so that?s the side of the connector that needs modifying.

 

[uOpt]

You can buy panaflow cables with 3-pin for the mobo or with the 4-pin harddrive connectors.

I got 3-pin panaflow cables for $0.99 each with low shipping. I forgot where but can look it up. Send PM if you need it.

A real 3-pin will allow you to monitor the rotation speed by software, compared to a 2-pin which just spins.

 

[bbarlow10]

Unfortunately (most) Panaflos don't have a 3rd rpm pin -- They just have a 3rd pin that you can hk up to an alarm if the fan stops spinning.

If you do find a Panaflo that can meaure RPM (I think there is a rare model variation that does this), let me know. I'd love to buy one.

 

[Navid]

Is this what you need?

 

[bay]

thank you all. i did cut off the little tabs it works fine.
thank you navid for that link