connecting case fan to power

danyjr · 22 Mar 2009 at 01:12

Heya
I just set up the parts in a desktop. Problem is I can't get the fan at the back of the case two work:
the fan has has two cables coming out of it:
1-one of those that you used to connect to old hard drives (the one with for holes) like this

2-a switch with letter L M F (low medium fast i guess which is to select how fast I want the fan to run) writteb on it

Now the problem is I don't know where to connect that cable to. I don't see any sockets on my mobo. I'm stuck

decto · 22 Mar 2009 at 01:24

Those fans (no doubt Antec Tri speed) connect straight to a hard disc connector on the power supply ... as you show above and not to the mainboard.

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danyjr · 22 Mar 2009 at 01:38

great, thanks it worked.

Now I have another problem

I connected my graphic card (GTX 285) to my monitor but the monitor doesn't show anything as if it is on standby. I have connected both PCI-E powers to the GPU and is mounted firmly on the motherboard but I still don't get any signal

PhillyDee · 22 Mar 2009 at 01:42

What connection have you used? Was it DVI or VGA (White or blue plug)? Try plugging it into the other one.

danyjr · 22 Mar 2009 at 01:52

the gpu only has two DVI outputs.

can it be something else? maybe i screwed up somewhere else (hope not the CPU)

RJC · 22 Mar 2009 at 09:35

It may be another problem, try doing a CMOS reset if not done so already, or remove all RAM bar one memory module and reboot, if that fails try each stick individualy.

All power connectors installed including the 4 or 8 pin for CPU power.

danyjr · 22 Mar 2009 at 12:37

RJC said:
It may be another problem, try doing a CMOS reset if not done so already, or remove all RAM bar one memory module and reboot, if that fails try each stick individualy.

All power connectors installed including the 4 or 8 pin for CPU power.

I removed all the RAMs, used DDR3_1 only (1 module), no success.
The 24 and 8 power connectors are all connected to the mobo.

meths · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:07

danyjr said:
great, thanks it worked.

Now I have another problem

I connected my graphic card (GTX 285) to my monitor but the monitor doesn't show anything as if it is on standby. I have connected both PCI-E powers to the GPU and is mounted firmly on the motherboard but I still don't get any signal

When you switch on the computer do you hear it beep before the POST and can you hear the HDD working even though the screen is blank?

EsaT · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:22

Reseat graphics card, it doesn't always require big nudge to get some card to fail to boot.

danyjr · 22 Mar 2009 at 21:36

Meths said:
When you switch on the computer do you hear it beep before the POST and can you hear the HDD working even though the screen is blank?

I can't hear a beep since my case doesn't have a connector which connects to motherboard's SPEAKER socket.

I can hear HDD working though.