Is my AC NV Silencer 5 Rev.3 blowing the right way?

TailsNZ · Post by **TailsNZ** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:15 pm

I've installed the Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 Rev.3 to my Gigabyte 6800 GT, only the old fan connector was extremely hard to remove from the video card. I got it out and thought everything was ok, but I must have somehow damaged the fan connector (looks fine but doesn't go anymore).

Anywho, so I stripped the wires from the Arctic Cooler cable and a 2 pin to 4 pin Molex adapter... twisted them together and it goes. Phew!

I remember some reports about early Rev.3 models having the polarity wrong on the cables though, and I bought this when it first came out in the states. The fan blows clockwise, and I can feel cool air above the fan and out the PCI space at the end. The cool air seems stronger above the fan though.

Does that sound right? Or should I connect the cables the other way around? (I really don't know much about this stuff, will it damage the fan if they were wrong?)

Thanks!

quizzicus · Post by **quizzicus** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:55 pm

I'm looking at mine right now, and yes, clockwise is correct.

TailsNZ · Post by **TailsNZ** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:14 pm

Excellent, thanks!