fans full blast?

DerekDRP · Post by **DerekDRP** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:28 pm

can i run my fans full blast as long as i dont mind the noise?

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:49 am

your fans are made to run at 12 volts so if that is what you are running them at then you are fine.

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:04 pm

It's said that some of the modern fans are too much for the motherboard sockets to power.

You should run them straight from the PSU 12V instead.

YMMV.

Holodeck2 · Post by **Holodeck2** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:03 am

what kind of question is this?!

oh yeah just a side note: if you plug your fans into your baybus and turn it on max, you might get a drop of a couple volts depending on the design of the baybus

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 2:45 am

InactiveX wrote:It's said that some of the modern fans are too much for the motherboard sockets to power.

You should run them straight from the PSU 12V instead.

YMMV.

Good point. Although this depends entirely on your MB construction. Some have the 12V fan headers connected directly to the 12V on the motherboard so there is no real difference. However, this is not the case with BP6 that uses a transistor to control the voltage to the fans (that is why it is possible to regulate the speed). Pretty bad of Abit not to include info on how much current you can suck out...