X-Box 360 Slim Fan Header Pinout?

[gy-repairs]

Hi All,
I am planning on replacing the stock fan in an xbox 360 slim with a standard 4 pin 120mm PC variant. However, the fan pin header is a lot different. I was hoping to strip the wires down and connect them in the right order so i can use the new fan on the old port so the thermal sensor will still do its job properly.

Would anybody happen to know the pinout for the fan header on a trinity board? or even if what i plan to do is possible?

Thanks in advance )

[Gazcoigne]

xbox uses same pinout as PC 3 pin fan header

centre pin is ground and outside are +

[gy-repairs]

Thanks man, I was using a slim 4 pin but after doing some more research I found that the same principle applies too... Thanks for the response

[Arakon]

PC headers are vcc, gnd and speed signal, not 2x vcc and gnd.

[l_oliveira]

Standard pinout, same as high end 4 wire GFX card fans:

Code:

 1      2       3         4
 GND   +12v    Monitor    PWM
(BLACK) (RED) (YELLOW) (BLUE)

GND = Ground
+12V = 12v from PSU
Monitor = pulses once every rotation of the blades.
PWM = lowering the voltage at this pin (the fan has an internal circuit that puts power on this pin) reduces it's speed.

And here:  http://thereifixedit.failblog.org/2012/03/05/white-trash-repairs-milkforce-gts/

Notice that I used an XBOX360s fan on that repair and I didn't change anything on it, that was Plug and Play.


edit:  And a hint from me:  Cutting the blue wire makes the fan run AWAYS on maximum speed.

[gy-repairs]

Thanks for all the input guys! Have chopped the wire and cabled it up in the same pin layout on the standard plug and all is working perfectly