Friday, August 6, 2010

Fan types

Common cooling fans will have either two, three, or four pins on the connector.
Two-pin fans operate either as an on/off fan, or can be controlled by varying the voltage.
Three-pin fans add a tachometer reporting wire so the controlling system can measure the actual speed.
Four-pin fans add a fourth wire to control fan speed using PWM (
Pulse-width modulation.)

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