COMPUTER HARDWARE
MOTHERBOARDS AND EXPANSION CARDS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Plug the four-pin connector into the three-pin header.
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Buy an adapter.
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Leave the plug disconnected and just use the heat sink.
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Add an extra chassis fan.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Your Core i5 fan has a four-pin connector, but your motherboard only has a single three-pin header with the CPU FAN label. Which of the following will be the easiest solution to get the necessary cooling for your CPU? Plug the four-pin connector into the three-pin header.
Detailed explanation-2: -LGA: Intel’s Trusted Technology Land Grid Array, or LGA as it is usually called, is a configuration placing the connector pins on the motherboard. The processor itself only sports complementary points of contact, which need to be perfectly aligned with the pins in the socket.
Detailed explanation-3: -Motherboard. This is a printed circuit board that holds the central processing unit (CPU) and other essential internal hardware and functions as the central hub that all other hardware components run through.
Detailed explanation-4: -As typical motherboard fan connector is a three or four-pin connector attached to the end of a PC fan’s wire. This is attached to the three or four-pin fan header on the motherboard.
Detailed explanation-5: -What should you use to attach the cooling system to the processor? Thermal paste is used to attach heat sinks and fans to processors. A heat sink usually gets attached to the processor using thermal paste, and then the fan is attached to the heat sink.