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- Aug 6, 2001
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- Chanhassen, MN
I currently ran all my case fans (8, count em 8 fans) as 7 volts. I just plug the yellow positve from the fan to the yellow +12 volts from the PSU and the black ground from the fan to the red +5 volts from the PSU. I have a friend who is an electrical engineer who said that he thinks this might be putting some strain on the power supply. He went to explain but about 2/3 of it goes right over my head. My qestion is:
1. Is the method I described a correct way to perform the 7 volt mod? I mean it seems to work, my fans run slower, thus quieter.
2. Has anyone done the 7 volt mod and run into any issues, like your PSU dying out?
1. Is the method I described a correct way to perform the 7 volt mod? I mean it seems to work, my fans run slower, thus quieter.
2. Has anyone done the 7 volt mod and run into any issues, like your PSU dying out?