EMERGENCY!

[Steven Vollom]

Tycho Andersen wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, Steven Vollom wrote:
>
>   
>> In the motherboard User Guide, it shows a place next to the PCI slot for
>> a fan, however on the board those pins are identified as CD.
>>     
>
> Looks to me like there's both. The fan pins should be just above the CD
> pins.
>   
Not so.  Only one set of pins and marked CD.
>   
>> two other places where there are pins for fans, they are identified as
>> 'pwr_fan and cha_fan They are flush with eachother and each has only 3
>> pins. The Heat Sink connector has places for 4 pins.
>>     
>
> Those are standard 12V fan pins. It really shouldnt (at least, in older
> models and cheap motherboards, I don't know about the newfangled fancy
> ASUS ones ;-) matter which place you plug which fan into. If your
> heatsink fan has four pins, clearly this isn't the place.
>   
The heat sink has 4 pins.  By the way, I have never had anything this 
nice.  It is fancy, but it came with an 8 series nVidia Gforce video, 
incredible technical capabilities once running, and a terrific 8.1 sound 
on board.  It seemed a terrific deal for $170 shipping included.  If you 
see it up close, it looks more fancy than it's pic's.  Gold print and 
decorations on the copper.  And it is solid.  I am pretty fortunate to 
get it if it holds out to be good.  I am working a problem with it new, 
and still probably recommend it.  Go figure.
>   
>> I am concerned about plugging to the pins marked CD, even though they
>> are 4 pin, because I don't know what damage I could do, if they weren't
>> fan pins.
>>     
>
> The pins labeled CD are for an out from your optical drive (if
> you still have one). This used to be useful when controllers were very
> slow, as it provided direct access to the onboard sound card, speeding
> things up a bit. I'm not sure what will happen if you plug your fan into
> this, but it won't be what you want.
>
>   
>> Other than those, if there are any other fan pins on the
>> motherboard, I am too bleary-eyed to see them.  I am being so careful,
>> it is giving me a headache.  Thanks! for the help!
>>     
>
> A few questions (maybe you already answered these earlier, if so,
> sorry):
>
> 1. Is the light labeled SB_PWR (standby power) on when there's power
> applied to the motherboard?
>
> 2. Since the chipset fan requires a four pin connector and the one for
> the CPU is already used up (I assume), if you're really worried about
> it, some computer shops sell adapters for fans. For example, in my case,
> there's not enough 3 pin connectors for case fans, so I have a splitter
> which provides another 3 pin connecter. It connects to the big 4 pin
> power connector for my optical drive. This way, you can make sure the
> chipset fan is on as well.
>
> Some motherboards will check to make sure all of the fans are connected
> and running before booting up, and won't boot if the fans aren't
> connected properly (I think mine does this). Take a closer look at your
> motherboard manual to see if yours is the same way. If that's the case,
> you'll probably need to investigate how to hook up the fans so that the
> motherboard is happy. This can sometimes be a pain, but ASUS boards are
> generally documented well.
>
> HTH,
> Tycho
>
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