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pc fan wireing (solved thankyou)

Conroy BumpasConroy Bumpas Registered User regular
edited June 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
my very old dell pc fan has died.

80mm and it had a (dell only) connector

i cant buy a fan with this connector so i have just got a standard fan and i was going to swap the conectors.


only the colours of the wires are diffrent.

the dell has (from left to right) white , red, black


the new fan from left to right has black, red, yellow




what do i do match the colours subtituteing wight for yelloe or do i keep the order from left to right


please help

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  • illigillig Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    follow the same colors: Black is ground, Red is 12V, and white or yellow is the RPM signal.

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  • Skoal CatSkoal Cat Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    I agree with the above. Dell is also notorious for using proprietary everything. Ugh.

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  • Conroy BumpasConroy Bumpas Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    i wired it yellow , red , black.

    and it works fine. thanks for your help


    seems odd that to diffrent plugs have them in diffrent orders



    lock please

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