Mystery connectors What are they?

[6lidavid]

Does anyone know what these connectors are? These are among the headers and such in my case and I don't know what they are for. Are they for jumpers?

http://postimg.org/image/g3rudlc09
http://postimg.org/image/osfig2a1r/

 

[Mattib 050]

The first one looks like a 3 pin fan splitter, or extension. Something like that anyway, it's for a fan.
The second one is a molex connector, no idea what for.

 

[giantbucket]

probably a front panel thing on your case, the part that has the power switch / usb / firewire / audio jacks / etc. might have some fans as well. what chassis is this from?

 

[royalcrown]

mittib is right. Probably for a built in fan speed controller.

 

[6lidavid]

mittib is right. Probably for a built in fan speed controller.

Yeah it is the nzxt phantom 410. Looks like it's from a fan controller, but Im not sure where the connectors go. It doesn't seem to fit in the fan chassis headers on my asrock extreme 4 mobo

 

[giantbucket]

it's not supposed to. you connect the fans to that header - it "replaces" the mobo headers

 

[JGunnzz]

First one is a fan extension or connector and the second one is a molex that looks like its missing a pin. Both could be for a fan controller.

 

[6lidavid]

it's not supposed to. you connect the fans to that header - it "replaces" the mobo headers

you mean the connectors in the photos are what you connect the fans to? There don't seem to be any connectors from the fans themselves to connect to anything.

 

[giantbucket]

it's not supposed to. you connect the fans to that header - it "replaces" the mobo headers

you mean the connectors in the photos are what you connect the fans to? There don't seem to be any connectors from the fans themselves to connect to anything.

power supply connects to that 2nd pic connector, power goes to front panel which has power button and fan controller knobs or whatnot, that sends power out to that fan connector from your 1st pic, and fans connect there and get power that way.

basically, instead of your mobo giving power to the fans, the controller from your chassis does that.

benefit - you get to control the fans
downside - your bios or hardware monitor can't see fans or report on them, it assumes there are no fans

 

[6lidavid]

it's not supposed to. you connect the fans to that header - it "replaces" the mobo headers

you mean the connectors in the photos are what you connect the fans to? There don't seem to be any connectors from the fans themselves to connect to anything.

power supply connects to that 2nd pic connector, power goes to front panel which has power button and fan controller knobs or whatnot, that sends power out to that fan connector from your 1st pic, and fans connect there and get power that way.

basically, instead of your mobo giving power to the fans, the controller from your chassis does that.

benefit - you get to control the fans
downside - your bios or hardware monitor can't see fans or report on them, it assumes there are no fans

do i connect a molex from the psu to the fan controller via the second pic?
thanks for all your help

 

[giantbucket]

yup. if you don't, the controller (and whatever else is there) won't have power so it won't do anything - not even look pretty. your psu likely has a few unused power connectors of that type (molex).