Did the 17 Volt Mod...

[flounder43]

I did the 17 volt mod on the molex of on an old AT psu that runs fans, and it seems to work well...

The fan is definately pushing more air. I wonder how much this will shorten its life? I don't think I would use it on a HSF, because if it failed, the CPU would fry. Nevertheless, good for case fans!

Cheap PSU, cheap fans...Why not?

[SickBoy]

Hee hee.... I just had a thought... Delta 68.5 on a 17v mod.... scary :)

[Warlord2]

120mm high speed delta at 17v:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Yodums]

How do you do a 17v mod?

I'm willing to do it.

Yodums

[The Coolest]

How do u do the 17V mod? u connect +12 & -5?

[It_The_Cow]

Originally posted by The Coolest
How do u do the 17V mod? u connect +12 & -5? Yep, or +5 and -12. You can even do a 24volt mod. +12 and -12 on your MB connecor

[Yodums]

Originally posted by It_The_Cow
Yep, or +5 and -12. You can even do a 24volt mod. +12 and -12 on your MB connecor

Can you please go into further detail?

Say my Everflow 38 had three wires: black, red, and yellow.

It is connected from a 3pin to a 4pin so what would I do?

Yodums

[Yodums]

bump

[flounder43]

Here is one link explaining it.
http://www.ocmod.com/code/show_art.php?id=28&pg=1

Of course, you need not follow this exactly, but it gives you an idea about where the wires are, etc.

[_Will_]

I'm not sure if i'd trust doing it on my system just yet. The voltages are already barely stable enought to run what I currently have. Hopefully I can try it once I get a new psu. Until then, I have a 15 volt 2K mA ac-dc adapter that works pretty well for all my fans.

EDIT: Note: DO NOT TRY THIS IF YOU HAVE A LOW QUALITY PSU. Or rather, try at your own risk. Since PSU manufacturers don't expect most end-users to use the negative voltage lines they're most likely very low. If you over stress the psu (try to take out more amps than the psu can handle) you can quite possibly blow your PSU. So, do your homework first... :D

[flounder43]

Originally posted by _Will_
I'm not sure if i'd trust doing it on my system just yet. The voltages are already barely stable enought to run what I currently have. Hopefully I can try it once I get a new psu. Until then, I have a 15 volt 2K mA ac-dc adapter that works pretty well for all my fans.

Yeah, I just use an old AT psu that i had lying around, don't mind messing with that...