- Aug 3, 2007
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My motherboard the GA-P35-DS3R has a 4 pin CPU_FAN plug for my heatsink/fan apparatus.
There is also a 4 pin SYS_FAN2 plug on the motherboard that I don't have anything plugged into, what is that one for?
Also, there is a 3 pin PWR_FAN plug, and I dont have anything in that. What is that one for?
I know this may be rudimentary stuff for you gurus out there, but I'm lost right now. My fans all had the big 4 prong power plugs that go right into the power supply cords. It appears that they have 3 wires out of the actual fan, then a female type connector. Attached to that female connector is a male side with only 2 wires, then on the other end of that the big 4 pin power thing. Where do the motherboard connections fit into this scenario?
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For my next trick, I would like to be able to use my 2 front USB ports. I actually have 3, but one is part of a multi card reader and that works fine. The card reader had a plug that fit into a plug on the mobo with 9 pins labelled usb, it looked like this (.:::
That port works, its the other two Im having problems with. When I plug something into the usb port on the front I blue-screen and die. When I was attaching the wires from these to the motherboard, I noticed that they didn't have the nice connector on the end like the other one. The other one had a big plastic guy that I just had to line up to the 9 pins. These other two have about 3 connectors each with a different number of pins for them. They are all labelled and stuff. Could it be that I got them plugged in backwards? Any suggestions?
BTW: I didn't want to go digging around trying to fix the situation by just reorienting the connectors for each usb until I got it, partially because I loaned my anti-static band to my friend, and partially because I am genuinely interested in what the problem could be.
There is also a 4 pin SYS_FAN2 plug on the motherboard that I don't have anything plugged into, what is that one for?
Also, there is a 3 pin PWR_FAN plug, and I dont have anything in that. What is that one for?
I know this may be rudimentary stuff for you gurus out there, but I'm lost right now. My fans all had the big 4 prong power plugs that go right into the power supply cords. It appears that they have 3 wires out of the actual fan, then a female type connector. Attached to that female connector is a male side with only 2 wires, then on the other end of that the big 4 pin power thing. Where do the motherboard connections fit into this scenario?
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For my next trick, I would like to be able to use my 2 front USB ports. I actually have 3, but one is part of a multi card reader and that works fine. The card reader had a plug that fit into a plug on the mobo with 9 pins labelled usb, it looked like this (.:::
That port works, its the other two Im having problems with. When I plug something into the usb port on the front I blue-screen and die. When I was attaching the wires from these to the motherboard, I noticed that they didn't have the nice connector on the end like the other one. The other one had a big plastic guy that I just had to line up to the 9 pins. These other two have about 3 connectors each with a different number of pins for them. They are all labelled and stuff. Could it be that I got them plugged in backwards? Any suggestions?BTW: I didn't want to go digging around trying to fix the situation by just reorienting the connectors for each usb until I got it, partially because I loaned my anti-static band to my friend, and partially because I am genuinely interested in what the problem could be.
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