would a 4 pin fan splitter still work if its missing one pin ?

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i recently purchased a 4 pin fan splitter on ebay. in one of the sockets, a pin is missing so thers only 3 pins. Would it still work if i plug a 4 pin fan in there. Also, when using a 4 pin fan splitter for cpu fans (h60 water cooler), would it affect the performance of each fan or is there any limitations using a fan splitter. thanks in advance
 
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Soulds like your are talking about a PWM fan splitter cable.

A PWM fan uses 4 wires; fan speed signal, PWM signal, 12V & 0V.

The splitter will have 4 wires that attach to the first fan and 3 for the 2nd fan. This is because the motherboard can only monitor one fan and will then use that reading to control both fans accordingly via the PWM signal.
 
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its not a molex one. this is the one below, it connect to the motherboard but on one of the adapters there are only 3 pins and the other has 4 pin. i will be using these for the two fans on a h60 water cooler. what do i do :s ?

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