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Timeline for PCI Express powered fan controller

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Mar 5, 2017 at 23:10 vote accept Alan Cai
Mar 5, 2017 at 22:13 comment added Alan Cai I will only have 3 fan header on the ASUS B350 I'm getting so that's why I wanted to make a fan controller. I don't have a chip that can do I2C though. I just wanted to make use of the empty PCIe slots.
Mar 5, 2017 at 21:25 comment added Marcus Müller Ah, true! Totally forgot about these "easy" solutions :)
Mar 5, 2017 at 21:07 comment added Tom Carpenter There's no guarantee that the SMBUS connections are wired up. It's not mandatory for them to be. Easier route would be simply a 4-pin molex connector for power (same as FDD or old HDD).
Mar 5, 2017 at 21:05 history edited Marcus Müller CC BY-SA 3.0
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Mar 5, 2017 at 20:58 history answered Marcus Müller CC BY-SA 3.0