Wires from fan on side panel - where do they connect?
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The side panel of my desktop PC has a small fan built in. There were two wires, one red one black that connected inside the PC. Unfortunately I had the bolts removed and the side door fell off ripping the cables such that the main length of cable remains attached to the fan. So there must be two short stubs of broken cable somewhere - but I can't find them! Any ideas where I should look? I can't see anything on the motherboard.
the PC is running perfectly well - but I now have the side open to make sure the air can circulate.
EDIT: The motherboard appears to be an "Asus P6T SE"
EDIT: The manual shows the location of two "chassis fan" connectors. One is being used by a big chassis fan on the back face of the PC (underneath the pwer supply). The other appears to be unused - there is no stub of a connector with wires - its just the bare pins sticking directly out of the motherboard. There is also an unused "pwr_fan" connector.
Would it be ok to simply connect the black and red wires from the fan to the black and red parts of a molex adapter?
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