Phobya has tackled this problem and now presents an elegant simple solution with the 4 pin pwm to 3 pin converter.
Convert 3 pin fan to 4 pin pwm.
3 pin fans will power up at 4 pin connectors but only at full speed.
Controlling 3 pin fans through a pwm signal was an unsolvable problem.
This is probably why they are not able to speed control your fan.
My xps 720 doesnt have either a 3 pin or 4 pin connector on the motherboard.
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With the 4 pin pwm to 3 pin transformer all 3 pin fans can now be controlled with a normal pwm signal.
I got a 4 pin molex t.
If you try to use a 3 pin fan it will run at 12 volts all the time regardless of pwm setting.
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It didnt say on their website that it was 4 pin so i asumed that it was 3 pin.
This is still considered a 3 pin fan.
Some fans may have a 4 pin connector but only 3 wires going into the back of the connector.
4 pin fan controllers hand off the pwm signal to the fan itself and these fan controllers supply an uncontrolled a 12vdc.
Controlling 3 pin fans through a pwm signal was an unsolvable problem until now.
Hi i just brought a artic cooling 120mm pwm fan from pc case gear.
A 4 pin pwm fan connector will have four square holes on the front and four wires entering the back.
Also if you don t have a 4 pin pwm fan plug on your motherboard any fan you hook up will run at full voltage and not be speed controlled.
They wont take it back so i need to find a solution.
Identifying fan type 3 pin or 4 pin pwm.