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 ...

Gigabyte makes a good product, I just wish they would better explain their fan headers. I'm trying to figure out the intention of the four fan headers on this board (EP35C-DS3R). Here's how they are ...

Fan control on the Asrock Z590 Taichi can be accessed in the BIOS or Asrock A-Tuning in Windows, allowing users to customize the fan curve profiles for each of the board’s eight 4-pin headers. The ...

Building a PC can be a complicated endeavor, particularly for a first-timer. Even when it comes down to cooling, it can be hard to decide on picking up an air cooler or an all-in-one (AIO) water ...

Building a custom PC is supposed to be an exciting time, but there are some common mistakes that ruin the experience. One of those is daisy-chaining too many case fans to a single motherboard header, ...