Hi Jim,
On Thursday 08 April 2010 21:22:01 James Maki wrote:
> I was worried about that potential, so I moved the motherboard back
> to the original case. Hooked up the power supply and switch and still
> did not boot. I added back the fans and found that it will only boot
> if 1 fan in each bank is connected (There are a total of 5 fans, 2
> for each CPU and on for other "corridor" of the blade server).
>
> These fans have 5 pin connectors. Is there a way to fool the
> motherboard into thinking I have the fans connected? I am checking
> the web for potential answers.
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> Jim
You need the pinouts for both original and new fans. If the new fans
are only three wire you may need to provide a jumper to provide
feedback to the sense pin on the mainboard. If both original and new
fans are four wire then its just a matter of getting the connections
the right way round.
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
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