Well I found this thread (
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=375668 ) and there I came to this link (
http://www.afrotechmods.com/fanmod.htm ).
There I learned I was using the wrong wire and that's why I toasted my other fan...
So, after I used the right wire it worked!!
For only about 30 seconds anyway, then the fan overheated and stopped... Bummer!! At least it didn't toasted too!
So I modded it to compensate the extra amount of heat:
I opened up a hole below the core and glued w/ homemade thermal epoxy (regular "white goop" thermal paste + regular epoxy glue) a little hs in the tiny chip that was there.
You wouldn't believe how hot that tiny chip/hs would get without cooling!!
Then I opened 2 holes in the top of the blades' center to cool it's coils too.
Guess what?!!
IT WORKED!!! Whoo Hoo!!
Here are a few pics:
OK, ok, I know this silver painting ain't as good as I thought would be, but at least is better than that strange-orange...
Anyway, MBM5 reads 7031RPMs tops which I think is accurate (high pitched hair dryer-like sound!
), but it also oscilates down to 6026RPMs and since there isn't a change in the fan noise I think it's steady at about 7000RPMs.
Since it's running about 45% faster, a educated guess will be that it's pushing about 110CFM which is about 45% more than it's stock 75CFM.
And now my mobo readings went insane so I don't think I can trust MBM5 temp readings anymore. I mean, it jumps from 45ºC to 58ºC in just 1 second!
Also, all the voltage readings are oscilating up and down too in about 0,06v all the time.
Judging from the other readings, I think it's at about 40ºC now (I guess is even lower, who knows-the hs used to get warm and now is actually cool to the touch!!) and that is at least 15ºC improvement overall!
MBM5 readings:
And that's it, I'm done! I let it runnig overnight and no failures so far!
Just 1 question remains: should I be worried about that weird "side effect" that MBM5 shows...?
