rogue12 said:
why is that the only fan you can get? fans only cost a few bucks each.
rogue12 said:
has 1 red and 1 black wire (about 20cm long) coming out of it
if it's a standard 12VDC fan, then the red wire should be +12v and the black wire should be ground. if it's not a standard 12VDC fan, then those wires could be anything
rogue12 said:
im at ends on how i would install it in the computer as i heard that fans come with 3 pin connectors or something that simply you plug into the motherboard
fans made for computers will have either a 3-pin mini fan connector (4-pin for a PWM fan), or a 4-pin molex connector (same as your PATA HDDs or CD/DVD drives).
if your fan has just 2 bare wires coming out of it, then (a.) it had it's connector cut off of it, or (b.) it's not designed specifically for computers. that doesn't mean that you can't use it for your computer, it just means that you should verify the voltage and polarity before installing it.
If you know it's a standard 12VDC fan, then you can splice into the power supply output to power it. on an ATX PSU, yellow is +12v and black is ground. you could connect the red wire of your fan to a yellow wire on your PSU, and connect the black wire on your fan to any black wire on the PSU.
the eaisiest place to splice into PSU output wires is on an unused molex connector. you can either cut the unused connector off, or you can carefully cut off about 1/2" of insulation and connect your fan wires without cutting the connector off.
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