3 pin connectors are usually used for the smaller chassis fans with lower power consumption.
Cpu fan 4 pin to 3 pin.
Next press down until the fan connector until it is fully connected to the motherboard header.
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Fans and on board fan headers are backwards compatible.
Do not use it for standard 4 pin rgb or 5 pin rgbw devices.
4 pin connectors are usually used by cpu fans with higher power consumption.
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While they look nice and do adapt 4 pin fans to 3 pin outlets esp.
On space constricted fan control hubs the 4 pin connector failed to lock onto the fan s wire leading to the adapter falling off the fan s wire lead.
The fan connector will have two guides 1 and these will need to line up with the tab 2 that is on the motherboard.
This cable is designed for 3 pin addressable rgb led fans and addressable rgb capable motherboard only.
Cooler master addressable rgb 1 to 3 splitter cable with gigabyte 3 pin argb adapter.
How to connect a 3 pin or 4 pin fan to the motherboard 1.
Case fan accessory color.
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.
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But after attempting to use them they worked out pitifully.
So these adapters arrived and were much needed.