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FYI I'm a COMPLETE newb. I've read all the tuts, but this is my first electrical part.
I recently gutted my DC and painted it. I have taken it apart over 10 times to look and stuff. My old computer fried and I took the DC12V CPU fan from it. It has three wires: red, black, and yellow. I'm smart enough to know that red is positive, so I'd solder/hook it to the 12 pin coming from the mainboard. Then the black is negative, so I'd put that on a ground, right? What do I do with the yellow? THX in advance
Okay. Another question. I don't feel like stripping the wires (cuz I suck at that), so I stuck a paper clip through each hole and taped it there. I was gonna stick the paper clip into the pins oin the PSU, but would the paper clip heat up/break something?
was it a fan hooked up to a molex connector(yellow wire, black wire, black wire, red wire)? because if it was red is for 5v and yellow is for 12v and the blacks are ground.
dc_modder wrote:Okay. Another question. I don't feel like stripping the wires (cuz I suck at that), so I stuck a paper clip through each hole and taped it there. I was gonna stick the paper clip into the pins oin the PSU, but would the paper clip heat up/break something?
So if I do strip them what do I use to put them inbetween the pins and the PSU? Maybe a male crimp connector? (Or is it a female?) Or will a paper clip hold up temp. so I can test?
I wouldn't use paper clips to transfer power to the PS. Just strip the wires a bit, and get some wire of similar gauge to extend it to the PS if your wires aren't long enough. I see no need to add an extra fan to the DC though, it gets adiquite (spelling?) with the stock fan.
