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Alrighty guys,
I am just bringing this up because I am wondering if the mod I am going to do will end up burning down my house. What I am about to tell you requires great maturity on your part, and you must promise not to laugh, or I will cry and run away like a girlie-man.
I am modding my Dell.
There, I said it. Anyhow, as many of you may know, Dell sells a lot of proprietary materials. The fan connectors on their motherboards are no different. They are actually 5-pin molex similar to what cd-rom audio cables used to look like.
Anyhow, the fans that Dell has used in the case are big, scary, 92mm x 38mm deep Delta fans. The rear ones are even rated for 2 AMPS! Now I am wondering, just how much current is going into those fans all the time? I know that the 120mm vantec stealths that I plan to connect to the mobo can only withstand something like .6 amps or something like that. I have the connectors, I have the know-how and elbow grease to do this mod but I am wondering if it is going to cause some electrical fire. Any thoughts?
I am just bringing this up because I am wondering if the mod I am going to do will end up burning down my house. What I am about to tell you requires great maturity on your part, and you must promise not to laugh, or I will cry and run away like a girlie-man.
I am modding my Dell.
There, I said it. Anyhow, as many of you may know, Dell sells a lot of proprietary materials. The fan connectors on their motherboards are no different. They are actually 5-pin molex similar to what cd-rom audio cables used to look like.
Anyhow, the fans that Dell has used in the case are big, scary, 92mm x 38mm deep Delta fans. The rear ones are even rated for 2 AMPS! Now I am wondering, just how much current is going into those fans all the time? I know that the 120mm vantec stealths that I plan to connect to the mobo can only withstand something like .6 amps or something like that. I have the connectors, I have the know-how and elbow grease to do this mod but I am wondering if it is going to cause some electrical fire. Any thoughts?