what are these ports for? aux sys otes nb?

Dilly man 2 · 11-22-2005, 01:31 AM

on my mobo, i have these fan slots

AUX fan1
SYS fan1
OTES fan1
NB fan1

do i just plug the case fans in there? or do the case fans use that adapter i got which changes it into a 4pin molex which intern is was by my 2 optical drives and my video card.

so what are they for?

vortmax · 11-22-2005, 01:55 AM

You plug fans in to those that you want the motherboard to be able to control. Plugging a fan directly into the PS keeps it running full speed all the time. Plugging them into those slots lets the mother board decrease their speed if full flow isn't needed to keep noise down and allows you to monitor their speed through a utility. That's helpfull because it can warn you if a critical fan (heatsink, PS, ect) dies.

Dilly man 2 · 11-22-2005, 02:00 AM

oh sweet, i have for case fans and four empty slots. the cpu one is used.
ok ill plug my case fans in those 4 slots stated above.

thanks for the quick and helpfull reply!

-Joe

**Lax** · 11-22-2005, 08:14 PM

What motherboard is this?

If there's an OTES fan connector it should be taken by the OTES fans. I didn't think they put on the fan connector if the board didn't have the OTES fans. Same goes for the NB whether or not it's passive or active.

Dilly man 2 · 11-25-2005, 03:31 AM

the mother board is the one in my sig.

ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra

why? some of those fans are not to be used with case fans?

yes, i do have only one of each of these fan slots
AUX fan1
SYS fan1
OTES fan1
NB fan1

Now, what does NB, OTES, SYS, AUX all stand for?

-Joe

**Lax** · 11-25-2005, 04:07 AM

The OTES, NB, and SYS fan connectors should be taken by fan connectors.

Dilly man 2 · 11-25-2005, 05:01 PM

so OTES, NB, and SYS fan connectors go to CASE FANS?

and what does AUX fan connector go to?

Hairy_Lee · 11-25-2005, 05:13 PM

the aux fan is there for whatever you want to use it for.
if your board doesn't have the OTES cooling system you can also use that for whatever you want.
The NB connector is for the northbridge, im guessing yours is passively cooled at the moment with just a heatsink, they leave the option for it there because you can get actively cooled heatsinks for them and it just gives you the option to connect a fan to it.

Dilly man 2 · 11-25-2005, 10:07 PM

yes, i am only cooling with a heatsink.
and i am only using one of my fan connecters on my mobo, its the cpu fan1 for the heatsink fan.
now, with all these fan connectors im no using, can i use them for the case fans?

which connectors CANT i use?

-Joe
aka: pwns colin

Hairy_Lee · 11-25-2005, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dilly man 2

yes, i am only cooling with a heatsink.
and i am only using one of my fan connecters on my mobo, its the cpu fan1 for the heatsink fan.
now, with all these fan connectors im no using, can i use them for the case fans?

which connectors CANT i use?

-Joe
aka: pwns colin

the one labelled cpu1 is for your cpu, although there's nothing to stop you using any of them.
if there's nothing connected to any of the connections you mentioned then you should be fine to use them for other fans

11-22-2005, 01:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dilly man 2 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grafton, Wisconsin Age: 19 Posts: 461	what are these ports for? aux sys otes nb? on my mobo, i have these fan slots AUX fan1 SYS fan1 OTES fan1 NB fan1 do i just plug the case fans in there? or do the case fans use that adapter i got which changes it into a 4pin molex which intern is was by my 2 optical drives and my video card. so what are they for? __________________ My computer works again! SunBeam Acrillic Case Antec Neo He 550watt Seagate SATA ll 160gig AMD 4200 Duel Core o/c to 2.4gig Nvidia XFX 7800GTX 256mb ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra OCZ Platinum Performance 2gig Windows XP OEM Turtle Beach 5.1 surround Headset Logitech G-5 lazer Mouse :P :P :P

11-22-2005, 01:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
vortmax Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 26 Posts: 619	You plug fans in to those that you want the motherboard to be able to control. Plugging a fan directly into the PS keeps it running full speed all the time. Plugging them into those slots lets the mother board decrease their speed if full flow isn't needed to keep noise down and allows you to monitor their speed through a utility. That's helpfull because it can warn you if a critical fan (heatsink, PS, ect) dies. __________________ Asus A7N8x delux Nforce 2 AMD Athlon 2800+ (barton core) 512 meg Corsair DDR 400 Gainward G-force FX 5200 Dell 6000i Intel Pentium M 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 64MB HyperMemory 1 gig DDR2 PC2-3200 Music server: AMD K6 500 MHz 128 Meg RAM Onkyo HT-R520 Reciever 6.1 DTS ES & Dolby Digital EX

11-22-2005, 02:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
Dilly man 2 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grafton, Wisconsin Age: 19 Posts: 461	oh sweet, i have for case fans and four empty slots. the cpu one is used. ok ill plug my case fans in those 4 slots stated above. thanks for the quick and helpfull reply! -Joe __________________ My computer works again! SunBeam Acrillic Case Antec Neo He 550watt Seagate SATA ll 160gig AMD 4200 Duel Core o/c to 2.4gig Nvidia XFX 7800GTX 256mb ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra OCZ Platinum Performance 2gig Windows XP OEM Turtle Beach 5.1 surround Headset Logitech G-5 lazer Mouse :P :P :P

11-22-2005, 08:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lax Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Snow country Age: 22 Posts: 2,301	What motherboard is this? If there's an OTES fan connector it should be taken by the OTES fans. I didn't think they put on the fan connector if the board didn't have the OTES fans. Same goes for the NB whether or not it's passive or active. __________________ He who controls the present controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.

11-25-2005, 03:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dilly man 2 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grafton, Wisconsin Age: 19 Posts: 461	the mother board is the one in my sig. ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra why? some of those fans are not to be used with case fans? yes, i do have only one of each of these fan slots AUX fan1 SYS fan1 OTES fan1 NB fan1 Now, what does NB, OTES, SYS, AUX all stand for? -Joe __________________ My computer works again! SunBeam Acrillic Case Antec Neo He 550watt Seagate SATA ll 160gig AMD 4200 Duel Core o/c to 2.4gig Nvidia XFX 7800GTX 256mb ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra OCZ Platinum Performance 2gig Windows XP OEM Turtle Beach 5.1 surround Headset Logitech G-5 lazer Mouse :P :P :P

11-25-2005, 04:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
Lax Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Snow country Age: 22 Posts: 2,301	The OTES, NB, and SYS fan connectors should be taken by fan connectors. __________________ He who controls the present controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.

11-25-2005, 05:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Dilly man 2 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grafton, Wisconsin Age: 19 Posts: 461	so OTES, NB, and SYS fan connectors go to CASE FANS? and what does AUX fan connector go to? __________________ My computer works again! SunBeam Acrillic Case Antec Neo He 550watt Seagate SATA ll 160gig AMD 4200 Duel Core o/c to 2.4gig Nvidia XFX 7800GTX 256mb ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra OCZ Platinum Performance 2gig Windows XP OEM Turtle Beach 5.1 surround Headset Logitech G-5 lazer Mouse :P :P :P

11-25-2005, 05:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	the aux fan is there for whatever you want to use it for. if your board doesn't have the OTES cooling system you can also use that for whatever you want. The NB connector is for the northbridge, im guessing yours is passively cooled at the moment with just a heatsink, they leave the option for it there because you can get actively cooled heatsinks for them and it just gives you the option to connect a fan to it. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

11-25-2005, 10:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
Dilly man 2 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grafton, Wisconsin Age: 19 Posts: 461	yes, i am only cooling with a heatsink. and i am only using one of my fan connecters on my mobo, its the cpu fan1 for the heatsink fan. now, with all these fan connectors im no using, can i use them for the case fans? which connectors CANT i use? -Joe aka: pwns colin __________________ My computer works again! SunBeam Acrillic Case Antec Neo He 550watt Seagate SATA ll 160gig AMD 4200 Duel Core o/c to 2.4gig Nvidia XFX 7800GTX 256mb ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra OCZ Platinum Performance 2gig Windows XP OEM Turtle Beach 5.1 surround Headset Logitech G-5 lazer Mouse :P :P :P

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