1 fan on the DS3??

[samjhudson]

Hey guys,
just checking the spec of the DS3 and they say it only has 1 system fan power socket? is this right? this doesn't really seem adequate on a board thats plugged as an overclockers mobo......

hope there's a workaround, as I've bought an antec 900 and thats got stacks of fans......... any advice would be appreciated!

cheers
Sam

 

[neokill3r]

Plug the rest into a molex connector? or maybe even a fan controller? link

The only advantage to using the motherboard connecter is that it tells you rpms. Plus it has another plug for the cpu fan so its more like 2 fans.

 

[samjhudson]

please excuse my absolute noobness! I've never used more than 1 case fan before, so have never needed to plug them into the power supply! I'd forgotten you could do that.

thanks for the advice
Sam

 

[firemist]

The manual for Rev 3.3 has the following:

Internal Connectors
- 1 24-pin ATX power connector
- 1 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 floppy connector
- 1 IDE connector
- 6 SATA 3Gb/s connectors
- 1 CPU fan connector
- 1 system fan connector
- 1 power fan connector
- 1 northbridge fan connector
- 1 front panel connector
- 1 front audio connector
- 1 CD In connector

One system fan but also a power, NB, and CPU fan connectors