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| 639445 | 2008-02-11 09:19:00 | Recently bought an Asus M2N-VM DVI mobo, and fitted an AMD 4800+ x2 into it. AS I already had an aftermarket CPU cooler (Thermalright XP90) I decided to throw that on too. Now... the problem is that the fan with the AMD stock cooler has 4 pins, the fan I have only has 2. I did re-wire it so that it now has 3 wires, but I believe that for the motherboard monitoring to fully work, I need a fan with a 4 pin connector (and no, its not a molex connector, I am talking about the motherboard connection). Does anyone know where I can get an aftermarket silent/quiet fan with a 4 pin plug/connector. From memory, the current fan I have (SilenX) is either 80mm or 92mm (will check later after suggestions) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 639446 | 2008-02-11 09:45:00 | Looks like there's an AMD version of this around (www.ascent.co.nz) A writeup of it is here (anandtech.com) And as shown here (www.intel.com) 4 pin connector enables fan speed control. 3 connector just enables fan speed sensing. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 639447 | 2008-02-11 09:48:00 | How old is that CPU cooler? Will it be good enough for a 4800+ CPU? As far as I can tell it is not made for an AMD Socket AM2 CPU??? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 639448 | 2008-02-11 09:54:00 | No it isnt for an AMD CPU, thats why I said there's an AMD version around. I think its called Cooling Freezer 64 Pro It'll be similar to this (www.computerstore.co.nz) But it doesnt say this is for AM2 |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 639449 | 2008-02-11 17:43:00 | How old is that CPU cooler? Will it be good enough for a 4800+ CPU? As far as I can tell it is not made for an AMD Socket AM2 CPU???You are quite right regarding whether it was made for an AM2 mobo. Which is why I bought one of these (www.overclockers.co.nz) (an adapter to allow the XP90 to sit on an AM2 motherboard) Addition: regards whether it is sufficient... I have installed Gentoo Linux on this computer using the XP90 cooler. Gentoo Linux being source-orientated requires that each package is compiled, which pushed the CPU to 100% usage for long periods... with no problems whatsoever |
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