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Rick Glazier <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Feb 2004 07:42:17 -0500
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There has been some discussion on this (or another)
list that the colors of the wires and/or their placement
in the connector is NOT necessarily standard across
different product manufacturers. I DO know there are
standards, but DELL (for instance) does not follow them.

Be VERY careful!!!

                                                Rick Glazier

From: "Harvey Rose" <[log in to unmask]>
> I'm replacing a power supply fan in a Pentium AT computer it has a red and
> black wire which I need to change the connector to the new one which has a
> red, black & blue wire. Do I need to connect the blue wire somewhere - is
> it a ground?

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