Hey guys, I just replaced the cpu fans in a Dell 8300 and a Dell Precision 330. Both cpu fans used the proprietary Dell fan connector. I was unable to pry off the plastic housing. So after checking the color of the wires (black, red, white from left to right), I cut off the Dell fan connector and sp...

There is some good advice about fixing this problem in this thread:
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Here's the solution with pictures..... Link . Any three-wire fan should work in this situation with the small wire swap/mod. "Additional notes: The connector on this fan is not a standardized 3-pin header. However it is wired correctly and will work properly in normal 3-pin headers, as shown in the...

I've had some old Dell's over the years myself. I believe the work-around for the "System Fan Failure" message is to turn off something like "keyboard errors" in the BIOS. You'll still get the message but it will just continue on anyways without having to push F1 or anything. If you do a search on ...

Here is what I did with my sister's Dell Dimension 8100 (1.4 GHz P4), which also has a "non-standard" fan connector and the "No System Fan" detected error message in the BIOS: It turns out that the pinouts in the non-standard fan connector are actually exactly the same as the "normal" 3-pin fan con...

Hi, the 3 pin Dell connection will take a "normal" fan in electrical terms, it's just the plug that's different. If you look at the dell fan likely the ground wire is black, the +ve may well be red, white is common for tach signal. With some work to splice the Nexus fan in to the Dell fan connector...

I installed this exact Nexus 92mm fan from encpcnoise in my Dell PC. However, the 3 pin connector on the Nexus is not the same as the 3 pin connector on the Dell motherboard. The Dell fan has a blue component, which I think might be a thermister or other temperature sensing component. I do not think...

I replaced the 92mm Dell fan cooling my P4 in my Dell Precision 330 with a Nexus fan. I connected the Nexus to PSU molex connector whereas the Dell fan was connected to proprietary Dell 3 pin connector on motherboard. The Dell fan seems to have temperature sensor built into fan. When I reboot, the B...

I have an older Dell Precision 330 which I'm trying to silence. It has a 1.5ghz P4 with has a green plastic housing ducting the airflow to a 92mm case fan connected to the motherboard. I replaced the Dell fan with a Nexus fan, only to find that Dell uses a non-std motherboard fan connector. It looks...

"My P5W DH Deluxe can control normal 3-pin fans on the (4pin) cpu header, non-deluxe cards cant.. just have to choose between PWM and DC" How do you use the 4-pin cpu fan connector with the Nexus 3-pin connector if your MB does not have this PWM/DC feature? Do you just connect the Nexus to the mothe...