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Server question...Compaq ProLiant ML330

Slightly odd question, but I can't find any other forum that would fit.  Essentially, the 92mm case fan in this server is VERY loud, so we bought another one to replace it.  However, it would appear that Compaq's fans use a different type of connector to the motherboard than the standard 3-pin for fans -- they instead have something similar to older CD-ROM drives' audio and what-not where it's a female 5-pin connector with one pin blocked out.  Does anyone know what I could to do find some kind of adapter or modification to swap out this fan?

This wouldn't be a problem at all (we could use another connector on the mobo) if it weren't for the fact that if this particular (5 pin) connection is disconnected, the server at boot gives a "critical error system fan not operational" and then proceeds to reboot...then reboot...ad infinitum.

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yes try oiling it by peeling back the label and pulling out the plug usually rubber but some aren't

and try put in some motoroil not the stuff cars use but small motor oil
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what????
Do you have a spec on the fan?  You can rewire a standard fan if you know what the 5 pins are for.
Take it to jiffy lube and have it serviced. ROFLMAO.

Any how dose the Compaq fan just have 3 wires? (power ground & tac)

Can you cut the adapter off the old fan and wire it to the new? (power ground & tac)
I may be able to look...I also found out it's a hot-swappable fan...don't know if that makes any difference or not. Compaq provided the original fan.
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ya...trying to avoid that route -- the old fan works, we just want a quieter one, so getting another of the same...