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extra cooling fan installation
Hi
I already have a case fan, but want to put another small fan next to my overclocked AGP card. Where can I run some power from ? MTIA Steve |
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"Steve James" wrote in message
... Hi I already have a case fan, but want to put another small fan next to my overclocked AGP card. Where can I run some power from ? MTIA Steve All modern motherboards have sockets for multiple cooling fans and these should have monitoring (3-lead) capability. If not, there are always drive connectors at the power supply and if you don't have one to spare, "Y" connectors are available to split one that is already in use. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] Return address will not work. Please reply in group or through my website: http://johnmcgaw.com |
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"Steve James" wrote in message
... " I already have a case fan, but want to put another small fan next to my overclocked AGP card. Where can I run some power from ? " Do you mean a PCI case exhaust in the slot underneath your AGP card? If you haven't already, you could try one. It will also negate any problems with shared IRQs between the two slots. |
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Cuzman wrote:
"Steve James" wrote in message ... " I already have a case fan, but want to put another small fan next to my overclocked AGP card. Where can I run some power from ? " Do you mean a PCI case exhaust in the slot underneath your AGP card? If you haven't already, you could try one. It will also negate any problems with shared IRQs between the two slots. It can cause an area of low presure though and decrease the efficiency of the GPU fan. It pays to put it so that it sucks from below. -- ~misfit~ |
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Use one of the four prong molex connector leads coming out of your power
supply. -- DaveW "Steve James" wrote in message ... Hi I already have a case fan, but want to put another small fan next to my overclocked AGP card. Where can I run some power from ? MTIA Steve |
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same spot where everything else takes power from....
do you have spare power plugs ?? do you have extra fan output on your motherboard ? Some fans come with a power adaptor so you can run power from another location that`s already being used... Brad... "Steve James" wrote in message ... Hi I already have a case fan, but want to put another small fan next to my overclocked AGP card. Where can I run some power from ? MTIA Steve |
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Thanks for the idea's. I am going to take off the spare leads from the power
supply. Cheers Steve "Brad" wrote in message ... same spot where everything else takes power from.... do you have spare power plugs ?? do you have extra fan output on your motherboard ? Some fans come with a power adaptor so you can run power from another location that`s already being used... Brad... "Steve James" wrote in message ... Hi I already have a case fan, but want to put another small fan next to my overclocked AGP card. Where can I run some power from ? MTIA Steve |
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