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- Jun 26, 2003
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Do u HATE how the thermaltake "smart" fan 1 blows at such ridiculously low speeds that it barely blows any air?
the reason for this is because the temperature sensor is placed on the fan, not exactly a very "smart" fan, since the air on/around the fan doesnt ge veryt hot, the fan wont speed up, so if u want it to blow faster, then just find the thermal sensor, its a little green thing placed where the wires come out of the fan
now first step -
1) snip the wire as close as possible to the thermosistor (the green thing, basically it lets more flow of electricity thru when its hotter, psu's also use em) so that the wire is as long as possible, now strip the wires so that u have two bare wires (one red, one yellow)
2) twist the two wires (or if u like a more professional approach, u can solder them together, but it was too much of a hassle to me so i went ahead and twisted) together and then isolate the connection either by putting tape over it or with heat-shrink
now ur "smart" fan 1 blows at full speed!
another more clean but a bit risky because some wires may be disconected if u arent careful, the way to do this is pull the sticker up a little over where the fan is connected to the wires
u will see a bunch of wires coming out of the fan on a mini-circuit board
remember those two wires that u cut? there is a red and yellow wire, the yellow wire is closer to view and easier to access then the red one, the red one is underneath the plastic casing of the fan
so 1st, pull the yellow wire out so that there is just the solder point left, then solder the red wire to where the yellow one used to be (i just did this a few minutes ago and felt i could write a tutorial because the twist wire method was just too sloppy IMO)
EDIT : This method also works for almost any thermal-controlled fan
the reason for this is because the temperature sensor is placed on the fan, not exactly a very "smart" fan, since the air on/around the fan doesnt ge veryt hot, the fan wont speed up, so if u want it to blow faster, then just find the thermal sensor, its a little green thing placed where the wires come out of the fan
now first step -
1) snip the wire as close as possible to the thermosistor (the green thing, basically it lets more flow of electricity thru when its hotter, psu's also use em) so that the wire is as long as possible, now strip the wires so that u have two bare wires (one red, one yellow)
2) twist the two wires (or if u like a more professional approach, u can solder them together, but it was too much of a hassle to me so i went ahead and twisted) together and then isolate the connection either by putting tape over it or with heat-shrink
now ur "smart" fan 1 blows at full speed!
another more clean but a bit risky because some wires may be disconected if u arent careful, the way to do this is pull the sticker up a little over where the fan is connected to the wires
u will see a bunch of wires coming out of the fan on a mini-circuit board
remember those two wires that u cut? there is a red and yellow wire, the yellow wire is closer to view and easier to access then the red one, the red one is underneath the plastic casing of the fan
so 1st, pull the yellow wire out so that there is just the solder point left, then solder the red wire to where the yellow one used to be (i just did this a few minutes ago and felt i could write a tutorial because the twist wire method was just too sloppy IMO)
EDIT : This method also works for almost any thermal-controlled fan
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