on the fans that came with my case, why is there a male and female molex connector? how am i sposed to hook that mother up?

hold the smartass comments please, i already feel like a dumbass asking this but couldn't find it anywhere.

thanks in advance

4/30/2008 3:39:46 AM

wut?

4/30/2008 3:40:44 AM

extra female is just in case you actually needed the one you're using to power the fan.

4/30/2008 3:49:27 AM

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"extra female male is just in case you actually needed the one you're using to power the fan."

fixed that for you

4/30/2008 3:53:16 AM

semantics

4/30/2008 4:05:21 AM

so that means technically i only need to plug that female straight into the male from the psu, right?
^^ so if the fans were close enough together or the wires were long enough i could plug in another fans female into the "extra" male from the first fan thats originally hooked up to the psu?

[Edited on April 30, 2008 at 9:51 AM. Reason : .]

[link]http://http://www.arcticmod.com/computer-mod/basic-fan-with-4-pin-male-female-molex-connector-80mm-black.htm[/link]

it looks like that... 2nd pic down

[Edited on April 30, 2008 at 9:53 AM. Reason : osx]

4/30/2008 9:49:20 AM

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"so that means technically i only need to plug that female straight into the male from the psu, right? ^^ so if the fans were close enough together or the wires were long enough i could plug in another fans female into the "extra" male from the first fan thats originally hooked up to the psu?"

correct.

4/30/2008 10:55:38 AM

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"so that means technically i only need to plug that fe male straight into the [fe]male from the psu, right? ^^ so if the fans were close enough together or the wires were long enough i could plug in another fans fe male into the "extra" [fe]male from the first fan thats originally hooked up to the psu?"

fixed.

[Edited on April 30, 2008 at 1:12 PM. Reason : .]

4/30/2008 12:55:09 PM

ok, i understand molex connetions can be confusing since the male pins have a female sleeve, and the female pins have a male sleeve.... but they are designated by pins, not the sleeve.

4/30/2008 1:04:28 PM