A four pin connector is a little different than the three pin connector since it has the extra fourth wire used for controlling and sending signals to the fan which likely has a chip on it that tells it to slow down or speed up in addition to the other wires the three pin connector has.
Computer fan 3 pin to 4 pin.
A lot of motherboards have one 4 pin header for the cpu and 3 pin headers for any other fans.
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Any option can be made to work though.
Next press down until the fan connector until it is fully connected to the motherboard header.
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Do not use it for standard 4 pin rgb or 5 pin rgbw devices.
How to connect a 3 pin or 4 pin fan to the motherboard 1.
The fan connector will have two guides 1 and these will need to line up with the tab 2 that is on the motherboard.
I wouldn t be surprised if everything moved to 4 pin eventually but we re still in the early stages.
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This cable is designed for 3 pin addressable rgb led fans and addressable rgb capable motherboard only.
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