Black Delta 7000rpm plugged on mobo

[freshy98]

Is it very dangerous to plug in the delta fan directly on the motherboard? I have it now hooked up on the PSU, but would like to see the rpm's in MBM.

There motherboard in question is the Asus CUSL2.
The other 2 fan power supply's in the motherboard are already in use btw.

[Kingslayer]

It depends on what the wattage rating on that header is. Most motherboards can't handle that fan on it.

[William]

you will need to splice wires together to do that or aquire another 3 pin connector. Basically you need to attach the blue wire to the motherboard header.

[freshy98]

Originally posted by Kingslayer
It depends on what the wattage rating on that header is. Most motherboards can't handle that fan on it.

nice idea..didn't think of that one yet..thanks for the idea!
will try it soon

[It_The_Cow]

Why don't you try taking the monitoring wire out and connnecting it to your motherboard header. That way, you can see your rpm's and still have it wired to your PSU. Here are some instructions I got from Mr B

If you look at the back of the 3-pin plug, there are three slots where the metal connectors are. Take a small screwdriver, and push it gently into the slots where the black (and then red) wire is, and pull the wire out of the plug. You are pushing down a small retaining tab on the metal connector...it doesn't need much of a push to go. Leave the blue (or yellow, depends on your fan) in the plug.
You should now have two loose wires (red and black), and the third wire (blue or yellow) still in the plug. Take an open 4-pin plug coming out of your PSU. You are going to insert the loose wires from the fan into the ends of the connectors in the computer's PSU plug. Insert the RED wire from the fan into the YELLOW wire from the PSU plug, and the BLACK wire into either of the BLACK wires in the PSU plug. (I left a space between the two, but either will do)
Plug the third blue/yellow wire (still attached to the fan plug) into the motherboard fan socket..
There....your fan is now running off of the 12v lead from the PSU, and you have monitoring capabilities, too.

[freshy98]

also a great idea..gonna try things today..will post the results here..thnx!

[Mr B]

That tip was passed on to me by Jeff Evans (aka dimmreaper)...it is a good one, isn't it?? =)

[freshy98]

Originally posted by Mr B
That tip was passed on to me by Jeff Evans (aka dimmreaper)...it is a good one, isn't it?? =)

Which one of the 2 tips?
And they are both great..gonna use the second one. 2 plugs :-)
But rightnow the SK6 it drying with silicon stuff between it and the Delta.
Gonna reaply tommorow in the main rig. Right now I'm working on my P133/128MB EDO RAM :D

[The Overclocker]

if you really want to monitor the fan speed, pull out the red wire for the 3 pin connector and put it in a 4 pin molex connector, ten it will not fry your mobo

[freshy98]

Originally posted by the overclocker
if you really want to monitor the fan speed, pull out the red wire for the 3 pin connector and put it in a 4 pin molex connector, ten it will not fry your mobo

hmmm, do you mind reading the 2 solutions given here? a much better answer is there to be found.

[It_The_Cow]

I suppose Overclocker's could work as well... And I'll be sure to update my resources for that tip Mr B... Credit due to the right person

[Sohryu Asuka Langley]

CUSL2-C, 250W PSU,
CPU Header: Delta Black Label (on a ThermoEngine)
Front Header: YS. Tech 60mm slim (18cfm from CoolerMaster)
Header at Back: YS. Tech 60mm (27cfm from FOP32)

Time to Update my Sig :)