Well if it's a 5V fan plugged into 12V it wil run reeeaaaly fast, for about a
minute, if it's a 12V fan plugged into 5V it will run forever, but so slow it
isn't cooling anything.

Perry Hoekstra wrote:

> Ryan Bethke wrote:
>
> > The red wire on the fan runs to the orange/yellow wire from the powersupply
> > connector (12V) or the red wire if you want to run the fan at 5V.  The black
> > goes to the black, and the white is probably for a motherboard sensor, so it
> > should not be hooked up to anything (unless you have a motherboard with a
> > spare fan header).
>
> What would be the impact of running the fans at 12V or 5V?  I was going
> to tie both fans into a single connector.  Would that drive the 12V or
> doesn't that matter?
>
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