Some questions...
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Some questions...
Hi all,
Ive got a 120mm fan that i wish to hook up to a fanmate. Problem is that it draws its power from a regular molex for harddrives, cdroms and what not. The fanmate connector is, as u know, alot smaller. Is there any way i still can connect the 2? Mind you, i'm no expert on electricitystuff, but i am good at following clearly described steps
Also, as a piggyback question... Can any harm be done in working with an upside-down placed PSU? I've got a lian-li v1100 and i inverted it so the cables would come out of the PSU compartiment better. I'm kind of puzzled as to the effects this may have.
Thanks in advance!
Ive got a 120mm fan that i wish to hook up to a fanmate. Problem is that it draws its power from a regular molex for harddrives, cdroms and what not. The fanmate connector is, as u know, alot smaller. Is there any way i still can connect the 2? Mind you, i'm no expert on electricitystuff, but i am good at following clearly described steps
Also, as a piggyback question... Can any harm be done in working with an upside-down placed PSU? I've got a lian-li v1100 and i inverted it so the cables would come out of the PSU compartiment better. I'm kind of puzzled as to the effects this may have.
Thanks in advance!
You can simply buy a molex-to-3pin connector, check any nearby computerstore of webshop (can't suggest one without knowing your location). Alternatively, you can rig something up yourself but the adaptors are fairly cheap and easy to come by.
As long as you have a regular psu with a single fan at the back, inverting it should be no problem. Not so if you have a PSU with bottom-mounted fan (120mm or dual-fan models): you don't want the bottom-side fan pointing up.
As long as you have a regular psu with a single fan at the back, inverting it should be no problem. Not so if you have a PSU with bottom-mounted fan (120mm or dual-fan models): you don't want the bottom-side fan pointing up.
Ok thanks
/me shakes fist angrily @ SPCR btw... I thought, hey, why don't i give this silent pc thingy a go. Now my pc is pretty silent, but i discover that my screen (iiyama CRT) is making a strange buzz that i never heard before!
Now it annoys me greatly ehehe
I should have taken the blue pill so i'd have woken up without being bothered by a loud pc
/me shakes fist angrily @ SPCR btw... I thought, hey, why don't i give this silent pc thingy a go. Now my pc is pretty silent, but i discover that my screen (iiyama CRT) is making a strange buzz that i never heard before!
Now it annoys me greatly ehehe
I should have taken the blue pill so i'd have woken up without being bothered by a loud pc
This silencing stuff is for the birds and I am sadly you guessed a crow or eagle. Hooked. But I have got to a satisfaction point and finally ditched the paranoia of high temps.
And yes as you fix one noise another will creep up, also your hearing will get better or at least you become aware of noise around you more. This may be good or maybe bad, I don’t know. hehe.
I think the only reason my better half does not mind the tinkering is cos it is better than those ghastly killer video games and also the silent web surfing is very neat! tips hat to Mike.
SPCR
Silencer’s Practicing Cooperative Renewal
And yes as you fix one noise another will creep up, also your hearing will get better or at least you become aware of noise around you more. This may be good or maybe bad, I don’t know. hehe.
I think the only reason my better half does not mind the tinkering is cos it is better than those ghastly killer video games and also the silent web surfing is very neat! tips hat to Mike.
SPCR
Silencer’s Practicing Cooperative Renewal
Back to the first answer: yes, you can but there's no need for "slicing". If your fan only has a molex connector, you can buy that convertor/adaptor which gives you the necessary 3-pin connector you can hook up to the fanmate. Only downside is that you don't get rpm monitoring from fans with only molex connectors.mr pink wrote:Back to the 1st question - Can you just slice the fanmate or resistor into the 120mm fan wiring?