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I'm very interested in doing a mac pro 2013 case mod and I think it would be a nice touch to have a real mac pro fan on the top for functional and aesthetic reasons.
Looking into the teardown for the fan it uses ribbon cables to transfer data from the wifi card and the fan to the main board. How would I go about connecting just the fan to a standard 3/4 pin fan connector? It seems feasible, has anyone else out there looked into this? Knowing the pinouts or how to determine them would be helpful.
It would also be great to have the wifi card built into the top to solve some potential wifi connectivity issues I've been reading about.
Pictures to illustrate what I'm talking about:
Just one ribbon cable for the fan that looks like it also detaches from the board
Looks like there's 2 ribbon cables going into the wifi card adapter. Fan -> adapter -> mainboard
Close up of the fan connector (small one on the bottom). Seems like a lot of pins for just a fan!
How could I go about testing each pin to see what they do?
Thanks!
-Jrdn
Looking into the teardown for the fan it uses ribbon cables to transfer data from the wifi card and the fan to the main board. How would I go about connecting just the fan to a standard 3/4 pin fan connector? It seems feasible, has anyone else out there looked into this? Knowing the pinouts or how to determine them would be helpful.
It would also be great to have the wifi card built into the top to solve some potential wifi connectivity issues I've been reading about.
Pictures to illustrate what I'm talking about:
Just one ribbon cable for the fan that looks like it also detaches from the board
Looks like there's 2 ribbon cables going into the wifi card adapter. Fan -> adapter -> mainboard
Close up of the fan connector (small one on the bottom). Seems like a lot of pins for just a fan!
How could I go about testing each pin to see what they do?
Thanks!
-Jrdn