Help with installing new processor?

[DoubleDouble]

I just got my AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ in the mail and the processor fit right into my dell dimension e521 but my problem is the fan that comes with it has 4 pins and my motherboard has 5 pins. I searched my motherboard so many times for a 4pin slot but couldn't find one. So where do i go from here? I heard there were connector things which allow you to plug in the 4 pins from one side and 5 pins from the other?

[iMicro]

TECH CORNER FFS. And I don't quite know what you're trying to say, can you provide pics? What do you mean by pins? what motherboard? oh and is it AM2 or 939?

[Ronin]

Now, you have a problem;

Dell uses a proprietary connector to power your fan and, if it doesn't detect one on the CPU connector it won't let you boot (If you can't disable that, in which case you might wana consider powering the fan directly from the PSU and using one of those ugly external panels to regulate it's speed).

I can't find any adapters for your case.
The 5-pin plug might be specifically designed for preventing people from using an adapter.

BTW:
Tech-corner...

How to get a possible fix for this:
- Take your old Fan's connector and remove it
- Take your new Fan's connector and remove it
- Wire the wires of the new fan to the old connector

How to know which connectors to use and which one stays blank and what this one does (most likely RPM measurment, which will leave your sensor thinking your fan is failing with probably pretty anyoying results)?
Well that's to be figure out.
I will post if i can find anything.

Got a pic of how the original Dell 5-pin connector looks like:



Notice how it only has 4 wires


That would be your way out, if you know how to do things like that (diffrent 3 Pin proprietary Dell plug).

Do the colour codes of the cables at least look like they match up to the new fan connectors?
[The resistor in the one power line is to regulate the fan speed by the power it gets, you can go with trial and error, picking different resistors (6 Ohm, here I think), to get your speed down whilst monitoring temps.]