Have you ever looked at the internal USB headers on your motherboard and wondered what you can connect to them? These headers come in a few flavors. We have the older USB 2.0 headers, slightly newer ...

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 ...

If you're upgrading or building your own PC, you'll probably find some components inside that are similar in size and shape to USB ports. But those are actually USB headers, and even though they look ...

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On page 4, there is an "IDE Power" connector. It looks a lot like a 4 pin CPU fan connector, but it (obviously) provides different voltages that are appropriate for 3.5" IDE drives (5V, 12V) and the ...