extra cooling fan installation

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Steve James

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
 
Steve James said:
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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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.
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" 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.
 
Cuzman said:
" 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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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.
 
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...
 
Thanks for the idea's. I am going to take off the spare leads from the power
supply.

Cheers
Steve
 
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