Can I hotglue a fan directly to the mobo?

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As in the title. Was wondering if it would damage anything? Probably use a low heat, but who knows. I don't think it would get hot enough to melt the mobo.

 

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to the mobo itself, or to the nb? Why would you stick it on the mobo itself? Where would the air go?

 

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It's to the mobo itself. Only one side of the fan so that it blows onto some heatsinks that I installed on my mosfets. I noticed that the heatsinks really heat up after use.

 

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I wouldn't recommend gluing anything on to the motherboard directly. Can't you use a bracket or something to get the fan directed at those heatsinks?

-Bobby

 

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Theres not enough room on top or anything I could make to put the fan on to get the air to the heatsinks. The only open space is an area right below where theres an open space.

 

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I would install a fan on the side of you case, right above the heatsinks.

 

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why cant u glue them on the heatsinks?

 

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aznchaos said:

why cant u glue them on the heatsinks?

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yea i would try to avoid glueing anything directly on the mobo.

 

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You can if you want.. i glue v-r's to pcb all the time. You might want to use clear silicone type stuff.

 

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v-r? and it won't damage anything?

 

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Variable resistor. If the glue you use is not conductive and the part you stick on the mobo is not conductive then it won't hurt anything.

 

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Cool thanks.

I've seen hotglue used in PSU's before but on components that naturally get very hot. I was just worried about melting something on the mobo. Though hotglue really isn't that hot.

 

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I'm not sure how hot hot-glue gets. i use "cold" epoxy or superglue.

 

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I have a 60mm fan that is glued to the top of the capacitors over the mosfets on my board. No problems here.

 

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Fast420A said:

I have a 60mm fan that is glued to the top of the capacitors over the mosfets on my board. No problems here.

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Same here, the top of my capacitors are totally drenched in hot glue, but the fan stays on well

 

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it'll be ok. people hot glue onto boards for V mods, now dont they> the glue will pop right off, too, if needed.