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Dell Optiplex 7010 MT - 3rd party fans possible?

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First post, by buckeye

Posted on 2019-11-01, 17:09

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Thinking about jumping on one these for sale to tinker with but keep reading about how the cpu/case fans
have proprietary connections on the mobo. Not good as I wanted to install a new cpu cooler, can you Dell
gurus out there confirm this?

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Reply 1 of 2, by DNSDies

Posted on 2019-11-01, 17:25

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they're the same +12v/Gnd/Tach/PWM fans, just in a 5 wire casing, and in a different order.
You can easily buy or make adapters. Just google the pinout.

Reply 2 of 2, by Merovign

Posted on 2019-11-02, 02:17

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You can just use the plug from the stock fans to make adapters, if you're willing to sacrifice the original fans.

Personally I'd put a note with the original fans, if I stored them, with the pinout in case I wanted to re-use them later.

Similar problem with things like the early Dell Poweredge desktops (like my 830) with a single very loud funky PWM fan cooling the whole system.

*Too* *many* *things*!

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