pulled out a wire where does it go LOL (pic included)

bigjimmyauk · 30 Nov 2009 at 23:52

just pulled this out by accident but not sure where it came from it's attached to the cpu fan (to be honest never even noticed it until now)

daelo · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:01

It might help the situation a lil bit to know where the other cable is plugged into, im guessing it goes into the cpu fan header on the mobo ( you never know some people like to control the cpu fan speed themselves )

What kind of connection does that other piece of cabling have? a pic of that might help clear things up further

Or it even looks like some kind of resistor/capacitor/electrical component kinda thing?

Marine Iguana · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:02

Looks like a thermistor.

bigjimmyauk · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:03

daelo said:
It might help the situation a lil bit to know where the other cable is plugged into, im guessing it goes into the cpu fan header on the mobo ( you never know some people like to control the cpu fan speed themselves )

What kind of connection does that other piece of cabling have? a pic of that might help clear things up further

Or it even looks like some kind of resistor/capacitor/electrical component kinda thing?

it plugs into cpu fan 1 wire comes out to the fan then this wire with the green thing on comes back out the fan.
but where it came from i have no idea LOL

Ace Modder · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:05

Looks like a temp sensor to me, what cooler you got, it may help!

Ross1234 · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:06

Looks like a temperature thingy to me

bigjimmyauk · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:07

THE PIC U ASKED FOR

remy87 · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:07

Not 100% sure however that fan is quite old and old HSF usually have a diode of some kind that they shoved inbetween the sink to detect heat so that they can regulate fanspeed
whenever it gets too hot.

bigjimmyauk · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:08

Ace Modder said:
Looks like a temp sensor to me, what cooler you got, it may help!

IT'S A DISCONTINUED ARTIC COOLING SILENCER ULTRA 64 TC

thepeganator · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:09

deleted read thread.

Ross1234 · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:09

bigjimmyauk said:
IT'S A DISCONTINUED ARTIC COOLING SILENCER ULTRA 64 TC

I think you may need to fix your caps lock key while you are at it

bigjimmyauk · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:09

remy87 said:
Not 100% sure however that fan is quite old and old HSF usually have a diode of some kind that they shoved inbetween the sink to detect heat so that they can regulate fanspeed
whenever it gets too hot.

YEAH IT'S A SOCKET 939 MOBO THE WIRES NOT THAT LONG LOOKS LIKE U MIGHT BE RIGHT SHALL I SHOVE IT IN THE HEAT SINK GAP BETWEEN THE FINS

bigjimmyauk · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:10

Ross1234 said:
I think you may need to fix your caps lock key while you are at it

sorry lol

bigjimmyauk · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:11

thepeganator said:
deleted read thread.

whats that mean?

Ace Modder · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:12

That certainly is a temp sensor.

daelo · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:13

lol @ caps, well seems like we've solved the problem. But im seeing as its quite n old mobo that it doesnt have temp sensor info built in so that's why it has n old school thermistor to measure the temp of the fins/air!

bigjimmyauk · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:14

Ace Modder said:
That certainly is a temp sensor.

so shall i put it between the fins looks like the only place it can go

bigjimmyauk · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:16

thanks guys feel like a plank but i honestly had no idea what it was lol.

daelo · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:17

Yer a quick google says it comes with a built in thermistor to control the fan speed, so just shove it between the fins where the most heat will be coming from and problem solved!

Ross1234 · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:19

On another note, OMG christmas smileys