[jander31]

A bit worried about the fan, I came across this URL (https://web.archive.org/web/201603190717...46#p136996), and if you look at the photo (I've uploaded it), you can see that the wires were spliced oddly.  Yellow (sgi) to black, red (sgi) to yellow, and black (sgi) to red.  Am I going to have to do the same thing with my fan, even though it's the exact same model?  Or will I be soldering directly yellow on the SGI to white on mine, black to black, and red to red? I don't want to fry either motherboard or fan.  Both fans (SGI and mine) have red as +, black as -, and white as the tach, so wouldn't the only thing different be the yellow to white? I intend on cutting the SGI cable to leave the connector and a few inches of wire, then I will strip a bit of the wire for soldering (and cover it with electrical tape for good measure).

   
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My fans; original SGI left, my new version right