Where does the fans that are on the computer case plug into?

I am building a computer and am trying to figure out where the fans that came built into the case plug into. It has a plug that fits onto the motherboard, but there is an adapter that is pluged into that that looks like it would plug into the power supply. I have an Asus 95B motherboard and a Cooler Master Centurion 5 case. The motherboard manual seems to say the fans plug into the motherboard, with no plug into the power. Is this the case? Do the fans only plug into the motherboard?Where does the fans that are on the computer case plug into?
Heatsink fans are normally connected to the motherboard. Extra fans are either connected to the motherboard or to the power supply but you must get it right because of varying voltages.





wdwWhere does the fans that are on the computer case plug into?
This is one of those ';it depends'; questions. Sometimes case fans plug right into the power supply. Other times, especially small fans, might plug into the motherboard. Really, the only thing you should worry about is will it post. As long as you have the CPU fan plugged into the mother board you should be good.
You may plug the fans in to either the motherboard or straight into the power supply. The benefits of the motherboard would be if your motherboard monitors fan speeds and / or controls fan speed depending on case temperature. The bad side is that it's never good to draw too much power from the motherboard this way. Chances are you will be just fine, but there isn't much benefit to doing it this way unless you plan on using your motherboard to control fan speed (BIOS settings) or if you don't have an adapter for the power supply (which you do). Hope this helps! And again, you only need one or the other...not both!
wich fan is it? if it is one of the actuall case fans they should be connected to the power link (the 4 pin power supply plugs)...althoug if you are on about the cpu fan (the one that is directly on top of the cpu,this IS connected directly to the motherboard and that is it, it will look similar to the other power suply wires apart from it will only have 2-3 wires(i think black red and yellow) and one plug at the end of it (wearas the other wires usuall have 4 wires)...the socket for the cpu fan should be near the cpu and shoudnt be too hard to find
depends on the connector type attached to the fan itself. If it is a molex connector (ie. it has a rectangular shaped plastic end with 4 male connector pins and angled corners on two of the four corners) you will want to plug it into the female molex counterpart that comes from your power supply (ie. 4 female pin holes where the 4 male pins will fit together). If the fan has a small plastic clip with 3 tiny pinholes in it, this is a connector that attaches to the motherboard. Plug it in where the board connector says ';Sys_fan';.





Good luck!
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keep them away from the motherboard
There are some small (3/8';) plugs that plug into the mobo, the mobo will have letters like fan1,fan2,fanpwr, ect. then there are the plugs that connect to the power supply itself. some fans have both types, when it does plug both types in. the larger connectors are color coded black,red,yellow. those connect to the power supply and sometimes you can stack theconnectors