I am from the US, and I have a Dell system that has proprietary fan headers (Specifically the older Precision workstations if anyone is familiar with those), I am pretty sure I have figured out what headers they use for their fans and I want to create what are basically male-to-female extension cables except with an additional wire that will connect to other components (Basically just to carry the PWM signal to other fans) but I have never really crimped wires like this before or purchased specific parts like this so I have a few questions.
So, the fans have 4-pin and 5-pin headers which I am about 99% sure are these ones:
4-Pin:
https://www.molex.com/molex/products/part-detail/crimp_housings/0050579404 5-Pin:
https://www.molex.com/molex/products/part-detail/crimp_housings/0050579405 From my understanding, that is just the plastic piece itself and it doesn't even come with the crimp connectors in it, those I have to buy separately, they appear to be these:
https://www.molex.com/molex/products/part-detail/crimp_terminals/0016021114 Thing is, I am not sure what the male counter-parts to those connectors are. The site does list what connectors those will mate with, but there are several categories and each one has a list of several parts, I am not sure which one I am supposed to be using.
Likewise, the male connectors also don't seem to have the crimp pins in them, apparently that's these:
https://www.molex.com/molex/search/partSearch?pQuery=&sType=s&query=70021 But that's a list of several ones and I am not sure which ones I should be using.
I've seen ones that seem to have connectors already on them too, but they claim they are "2 circuits" which confuses me. This one for example has 4 pins, but claims "2 circuits":
https://www.molex.com/molex/products/part-detail/ffc_fpc_connectors/0015388027 From my understanding the wire used is generally 24AWG wire, that should not really be too hard to find even in different colors.
How does one even crimp these specific connectors? I know I would need a tool for that (no idea what kind), can anyone recommend a budget tool for this or has ever crimped these types of connectors before?
If it helps, what I am trying to do is basically "break out" the PWM signal wire and connect it to a SATA adapter that will power additional fans while also passing on the PWM signal. The cable normally expects you to plug it into an motherboard header and has a PWM and PRM wire. I want to only connect PWM wire since I want just the PRM of the proprietary fans to be reported, something like this:
I would also need a male standard 4-pin PC fan connector for this, shouldn't be too hard to find, something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Maxmoral-Plastic-Computer-Interface-Connector/dp/B08HYTGH7D/ But does anyone know the actual name/model number of that connector so I can search around for it? (Also, any idea if these have to be crimped with a different tool than the molex connectors I listed?)