H170M Pro 4 Fan Control

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   I have a question about setting up fans control on this motherboard.  I have the cpu fan hooked up to the cpu header.  Beside it is a header called pwm.  Can it be used to control any fans?  The 2 front fans are powered directly from the power supply and are very noisy. The top outlet fan is hooked up to a chassis fan header and another chassis fan header is empty.

I would like to use the chassis headers to power the front fans so I can adjust the speed on the MB.  Could the outlet fan be hooked up to the pwm or should I just power it from the power supply?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.  As you can tell I'm a computer newby.

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norman53 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 Feb 2016 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote norman53 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: H170M Pro 4 Fan Control Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 1:40am
	I have a question about setting up fans control on this motherboard. I have the cpu fan hooked up to the cpu header. Beside it is a header called pwm. Can it be used to control any fans? The 2 front fans are powered directly from the power supply and are very noisy. The top outlet fan is hooked up to a chassis fan header and another chassis fan header is empty. I would like to use the chassis headers to power the front fans so I can adjust the speed on the MB. Could the outlet fan be hooked up to the pwm or should I just power it from the power supply? Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated. As you can tell I'm a computer newby.
	Norm

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 25073	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 3:03am
	The fans have to support PWM to be controllable on the PWM header. If they are it should work fine.


norman53 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 Feb 2016 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote norman53 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Feb 2016 at 8:42am
	Xaltar; Thanks for your response. I will see if any of my other fans are pwm fans. I assume that all cpu cooler fans are pwm fans.
	Norm