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Article: http://www.systemlogic.net/articles/00/8/agpstability

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Thanks for the tip. You explained it really well and I was able to connect my fan motor to the motherboard with no problems at all. Those pictures were great and made me feel a lot less nervous about burning out the fan motor. If you are interested, I found this tip by a link through geforcefaq.com. Again, thanks - MauMau

I've located óne fan connection, but I don't think it was meant for AGP use. It's located near my CPU and it doesn't say 'AGP FAN' like it does on the picture.

Also the wires that come out of the fan are different. In the article only two wires are discribed and I got three. A black one, a red one and a blue one. I haven't disconnected the plug yet, but I suppose there a three holes in it since there are three wires as well.
Does this mean I cannot connect it to my motherboard?

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The fan on my (Asus V7700) Geforce2 GTS 32MB is supposed to be capable to change it's one turning speed in reaction to the temprature of the Geforce2. Therefore I guess that some sort of communication between the fan and the geforce has to take place, I presume it's the blue wire. Does that mean I cannot connect my fan on the AGP FAN plug on the motherboard?

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I forgot to say, the fan plug looks exactly the same as in the picture, only it's white -not red.

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I should mention that I'm not doing this because I want to overclock my geforce. I have instabillity problems because of my powersupply and I'm trying to solve it. www.geforcefaq.com said it was a possible solution. I might, though I am not sure, have somthing that is called a linear power adapter. But as I said, I'm not sure. The adapter is sealed into the case and I cannot open it to see what kind of power adapter it is.

Uhm.. that was supposed to be me..

Doesn't mean anything. You can still use it. Some motherboards "recommend" a particular point for you to plug it in because the BIOS/hardware monitor actually names that one in its reporting scheme.The blue wire is used for the fan rotation speed monitoring. Basically, every time the fan completes a rotation, a circuit in the fan is VERY briefly closed. The system simply counts the number of state transitions the fan makes per minute (on to off to on) to calculate the speed of the fan. If your fan doesn't have the blue line, then it doesn't report speed. If your motherboard has a three-pin style connector, but only two connectors, then it just doesn't monitor the speed. Otherwise, it's totally safe.Bingo! See above.

As for your comments about the linear adapter, I would presume and speculate that it is referring to a way for you to power your chipset fan off the power supply's Molex connectors. This is actually an even better solution than the motherboard power connectors for some. Abit boards have a reknowned tendency for onboard fan connectors to die.

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But does it matter if I don't use the blue wire? Can my Asus card operate without it?

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Never mind. I'm not going through with it. I'm gonna change my adapter instead. That ought to solve my power problem as well.

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