[UFO Chicago] Cooling fan wiring.

Jesse Becker jesse_becker@yahoo.com
Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:31:42 -0700 (PDT)


--- Matthew Sayler <sayler@speedsite.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 07:00:35PM -0700, Jesse Becker
> wrote:
> > On the old plug, if the "flat" side of the plug is
> > down, the wires are, left to right: red, yellow, black.
> > 
> > On the new plug, same orientation, it is:  black, red.
> 
> Can you see if the yellow wire on the old plug was
> connected to anything? 

Actually, it is.  There is a small bit of circuit board
between the fan and the chassis, and all three wires attach
there.  I don't know if it actually does anything though...


> Unless they are really perverse red and black are just
> positive and negative in both cases.

Hmm...  I just looked up "perverse" in the dictionary.  The
definition said "see 'laptop hardware'".  ;-)

--Jesse

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