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Hello! I bought some cheap fans for my computer and noticed a problem. They only have 3 pin female plugs on them. So I was hoping that someone could reccomend a good adaptor so that my motherboard could control the speed via a 4 pin female connector. Also it would need to make the cable longer since the cheap ones are only 6 inches long. Thanks so much!

EDIT - Would this work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812189119
 
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That will not work,the fans are missing the 4th cable which is the "pwm" cable which is necessary to controll the speed.You might be able to controol the speed via software like asus "q-fan" software,but you don't necessarely need a 4pin for that,you could use a cable extender

Three pin plugs can go onto four pin headers.

Google "pwm" if you don't know what it means.Wkipidia has probably something to say about it.



No it wouldn't,that is a molex connector which can't be plugged onto the motherboard via de headers normally used for fans.

Look for something like the " Bitfenix,Alchemy Cables->Fan cable extensions",
http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/premium-modding/alchemy-cables
right at the top under "Cable Types",click buy for resellers.Or google for those.
For instance in the Netherlands,
http://azerty.nl/36-1549-457318/bitfenix-3-pins-verlengkabel.html
or German,
http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog/BitFenix-3-Pin-Verlaengerung-90cm-sleeved-rot-rot::19520.html

 
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