How much current can my fan on the vid card draw? [Archive]

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Quaky

11-27-01, 10:16 AM

The fan on my graphics card (Creative labs geforce2 GTS) was stuck and I had to replace it. My question is: Can I use the onboard 12VDC pins to power a sunon 50mm fan rated at 0.7 Watts? :cool:

Silversinksam

11-27-01, 03:17 PM

That is a bad idea, the AGP slot provides a limited amount of power, Hook the replacment fan into a molex connector or buy 3 pin adapter or even splice the wires if you have too, you'll end up with a dead video card IMHO if you connect the fan to your cards fan header.