IIRC the extra pin on a 4 pin motherboard header may report if the fan has totally stopped, like a failure line, to tell the mobo to shut the CPU off. I've got an old 4 pin fan here from a '94 vintage ...

I just installed a H75 AIO cooler on my rig (should have used a H90 instead but that's another story) and I was wondering if it matters what CPU fan setting I used? Or does the pump only operate at ...

In this guide, we'll show you how to set your PC to respond to coolant temperature, rather than the CPU temperature. Why would you want to do that, you might ask. It seems logical to set your fans to ...

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