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Solved! Why do Windows XP laptops have 3 wire cooling fans while Windows XP desktops have 4 wire cooling fans

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One is a laptop other is a desktop. The fact they are XP does not matter. You have cars that run on gas with 4 cylinders and some with 6 or more, just because they have a common thing like they all use gas does not mean anything else needs to be the same.
One is a laptop other is a desktop. The fact they are XP does not matter. You have cars that run on gas with 4 cylinders and some with 6 or more, just because they have a common thing like they all use gas does not mean anything else needs to be the same.
 
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Basically because XP is Stone Age software so the hardware will be of the same era.

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