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overclucker
10-15-05, 10:06 PM
is there a way to reverse the rotation of the slot fan so its blowing air up on the video card instead of sucking air away? without ripping it apart, i tryed reversing the wires but it didnt work.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835888602
BTTB
10-15-05, 10:12 PM
Is it worth it? I'm just curious.

O_O I remember a thread like this that was a year back. O_O
JDXNC
10-15-05, 10:33 PM
I think most of them are "blowers"(like that of in a furnace, not blades like your average fan) and the way they work is is not possible to reverse them. No matter which way it spins the air would get pushed away from the center---> to the outside, so no they can't be reversed.
Tyreal
10-15-05, 11:24 PM
I have found that blowers don't work very well. Get a good exhaust fan above it and a nice side panel blowhole. Works alot better.
subtotal
10-16-05, 03:23 AM
I have found that blowers don't work very well. Get a good exhaust fan above it and a nice side panel blowhole. Works alot better.

blowers are just like anything else, they work well when you use them properly. blower fans get good pressure but low airflow, it's just how they work...
4GHZ_or_bust
10-16-05, 04:06 AM
The design of the blower (or squirrel cage as they are sometimes refered to) makes it hard to reverse the air flow. They can only blow outward from the center, using shroud to guide the air in certain direction so the only way to reverse that is if you mounted that fan on the outside blowing in.
overclucker
10-16-05, 03:08 PM
oh, wow didnt know its that complacated
MadSkillzMan
10-17-05, 04:26 PM
seems to me, just snip the little wires, cross, tape, done.
JDXNC
10-17-05, 06:53 PM
seems to me, just snip the little wires, cross, tape, done.


Seems to me you didn't read the rest of the thread :bang head

Even with a normal fan that usually doesn't work, most DC fans won't run if you reverse the polarity.
MadSkillzMan
10-17-05, 06:54 PM
huh..im stupid
NeoSpawn
10-17-05, 09:25 PM
The direction or orientation of positivity relative to negativity

Meaning you got to get the magnet to spin the other way which you cannot just cross wires and do that.
cruzinmitsu
10-17-05, 11:16 PM
maybe you could try removing the center fan and put this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811999021) fan on top of the hole that's there, just a thought.