NZXT Phantom User please help!

Telfer · 14 Apr 2011 at 09:36

Heya All, long time customer, first time poster over here)

I can not figure out what to do with the 3 pin connections on the fan controller of the case. they are female connections so I can not stick them on MB or even the PSU, so is there any sort of converter or something?

Thanks in Advance

Emphacy · 14 Apr 2011 at 12:18

HI, Welcome to the OcUK forums!

The female 3pin connectors connect to the 3pin male connectors on your fans. Any decent aftermarket cooling fan will have a male fan connector.
If yours does not, you're going to have to get out a soldering iron and some connectors or buy some new fans.

Then the 4pin molex connector is the power to the fan controller.

Telfer · 14 Apr 2011 at 12:33

The connectors are coming from the onboard fan controller, so I would really love to keep it connected. So what you are saying is there are no Male to Male 3 pin connectors???
Ive been looking for something on google for ages and did not find anything... Phantom seems a really popular case, so I am wondering how people connect those fan controller cables...

Shayper · 14 Apr 2011 at 13:11

Um the fans all connect to the controller? All of the fans have a 3pin male connection, which plug into the 3pin female provided by the controller. The controller is then connected to the PSU via a 4pin molex

Every fan I've used could connect correctly, even using splitters for push pull on my Kuhler rad

Telfer · 14 Apr 2011 at 13:48

Sorry for crappy explanation, Ill try again.
fan controller has the 4 pin molex, which i connected, but also it has 5!!! female 3 pin connections coming out which I assume enable the control of each fan and LED. I have one connected since the molex connection comes with an extra male connection, so 1 out of 5 coolers is controllable, other just spin at max.

hope this is clearer)

Emphacy · 14 Apr 2011 at 18:13

AH I see, most of your fans have no male connectors to plug into your female connectors on the fan controller?

In which case, you will need to get a molex to male 3pin connector. Surely you can buy them somewhere. If you can't find any, your best bet is to buy some aftermarket fans which come supplied with molex to 3pin male connectors.

Am I understanding this right?

Telfer · 14 Apr 2011 at 18:39

So you are suggesting to get like 4 molex cables and connect them like that?
doesnt seem very scientific, but does seem like the only way to do it at the moment(((

So i need to connect those cables to mobo or psu no matter

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