Did you plug the fan into the motherboard?
Delta fan question.
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yep, I tried it in all three fan ports also.
Originally Posted by Blameless Did you plug the fan into the motherboard? |
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would a fan really draw that much power?
I dont have any converters but I will get hold of one and try it, thanks for your help.
Originally Posted by Cepheus It's probably drawing far too much power. See if you have a spare 3pin-molex converter so you can plug it straight into the motherboard. |
I dont have any converters but I will get hold of one and try it, thanks for your help.
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wow, I didn't know you could kill a mobo with a fan
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Thanks for all your help guys +rep for you all.
Originally Posted by Blameless That was likely the problem. I'm betting the fan was drawing too much current for the fan headers to handle. If this was the case, you experienced the best case scenario. It's possible to blow out the headers, or in rare cases, kill the board, by plugging in too powerful of a fan. |
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agreed, get a molex and plug it in the psu!!
Originally Posted by Blameless That was likely the problem. I'm betting the fan was drawing too much current for the fan headers to handle. If this was the case, you experienced the best case scenario. It's possible to blow out the headers, or in rare cases, kill the board, by plugging in too powerful of a fan. |
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yes it would. don't try to do that again, deltas actually exceed the motherboard's specs of what it will deliver to fan headers. You're lucky you didn't break part of your board.
Originally Posted by pyra would a fan really draw that much power? I dont have any converters but I will get hold of one and try it, thanks for your help. |
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Yeah, these things draw almost 20W
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, WAY more than motherboards are supposed to handle. Needs to be attached to the PSU or through a fan controller.
Originally Posted by Varjo yes it would. don't try to do that again, deltas actually exceed the motherboard's specs of what it will deliver to fan headers. You're lucky you didn't break part of your board. |
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My one is 12v 3A, does that not make it 36w?
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Most fan headers are designed to draw between 3 and 5 watts, as a reference, yate loons draw 3.6 watts.
This draws between 18 and 24 watts, according to the product sheet
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they're pretty badass fans!
I've got a couple of 92mm ones I ripped out of a server 3 years ago, and they move more air than the 250mm one in the side of my case.
This draws between 18 and 24 watts, according to the product sheet
they're pretty badass fans!
I've got a couple of 92mm ones I ripped out of a server 3 years ago, and they move more air than the 250mm one in the side of my case.
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The one I have is 120mm and rated at 190cfm, so yes pretty badass.
Originally Posted by Cepheus they're pretty badass fans! I've got a couple of 92mm ones I ripped out of a server 3 years ago, and they move more air than the 250mm one in the side of my case. |
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Holy crap, that is one powerful fan.
And yeah that's 36w.
You shouldn't really have more than 1-1.5A total, over all fan headers, and no more than about .5-.6A per header, to be safe.
Originally Posted by pyra My one is 12v 3A, does that not make it 36w? |
And yeah that's 36w.
You shouldn't really have more than 1-1.5A total, over all fan headers, and no more than about .5-.6A per header, to be safe.
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