EMERGENCY!

[Ignazio Palmisano]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/11/14 Steven Vollom <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net>:
>> In the motherboard User Guide, it shows a place next to the PCI slot for
>> a fan, however on the board those pins are identified as CD.  There are
>> two other places where there are pins for fans, they are identified as
>> 'pwr_fan and cha_fan They are flush with eachother and each has only 3
>> pins.  The Heat Sink connector has places for 4 pins.  If I were to try
>> to plug to the pwr_fan, I would have to leave the empty pin on the left
>> in open space, because if I put it on the right it would occupy one of
>> the pins of cha_fan. If I tried to plug to the cha_fan pins, there is
>> not enough room to the right of the pins to have overhang, and to the
>> left it would occupy one of the pwr_fan pins.  I hope that wasn't too
>> confusing.
>>
>> I am concerned about plugging to the pins marked CD, even though they
>> are 4 pin, because I don't know what damage I could do, if they weren't
>> fan pins.  Other than those, if there are any other fan pins on the
>> motherboard, I am too bleary-eyed to see them.  I am being so careful,
>> it is giving me a headache.  Thanks! for the help!
>>>  just for a few seconds to see if
>>> the fan will run or not. if yes, the plug might be having a problem, if
>>> no, you need to check the fan, see if it's cables are intact, etc..
>>>
>>>
> 
> Please provide a link to the user manual of your motherboard.
> 

Browsing this link and other on the web, I have the impression the 
"quieter" bit is achieved by keeping fans off unless needed, as someone 
already suggested:

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=2097&l1=3&l2=149&l3=646&l4=0

HTH,
I.