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Mutiple Case Fan Problem

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Hello all,

I recently bought a very nice case which has slots for four 80mm case fans, all of which are installed. In preparation for this, I purchased three sets of 3-pin Y-cables to join together like so:

Female end
|
/ \
Two Male Ends

|
/ \
| |
/ \ / \

Now for the problem I discovered, to my great consternation, just as I was connecting the power cables: The top of the Y-pyramid is female as is the 3-pin connector leading from the PSU, thus keeping me from powering all of them together. Does anyone know of a company which sells gender changers for 3-pin cables or is there a more efficient cabling solution that someone knows of for four case fans?

Many thanks in advance,

Mel

P.S.: I hope this post makes sense after a night of being at work. :p 

lol post again tommorow

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Well, after many hours of sleep and rechecking the PSU cables once more, it seems the problem is still the same: No male connectors with which to utilize and power up the fans. Why the fans and PSU have female connectors is totally beyond me. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do to solve this?

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Ah, the problem is, you're confused. The three pin wire set on you power supply is not for connecting fans!

If you need to connect to your power supply you should have bought 4 pin fans. YOu can get 3 to 4 pin adapters, these are normally pass-through so that they have both male and female 4-pin ends, allong with a male 2-pin connector that interfaces with the power pins on your 3-pin female fan connectors :smile:

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Yes ma'am, that'll do it.

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You are truly the greatest! I'm not worthy! ::Shares his Christmas candy with you:: lol

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