Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
On Wednesday 08 December 2010, Dale wrote:
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I have a question. The cooler Master HAF 932 case has some LARGE fans
in it, about 200mm or so. The Gigabyte mobo has power connectors for
case fans. Is it safe to plug a fan that large into the mobo? I have
no idea how much power it pulls. If it is safe, that would be great and
a lot easier. If not, I'll use the adapter thingy. I just don't want
to hook it to that and burn out my mobo.
I got most of the stuff in today. Waiting on the DVD drive, a cable or
two and the video card. So far, assembly is going well. Since I got
some extra time, I'm going to try to do some good cable management.
Thanks.
Dale
:-) :-)
depends on how much the fan needs and how much the mobo delivers. You can find
all that information in the manuals ;)
Well, I finally found out the fan needs a max of 4 watts, about .16
amps. I can't find it in the mobo manual but will look some more. I
don't see it on the website either. I just lucked up on the fan info.
I found it on the case website where you can buy replacement fans.
I found some specs on 120mm fans. Some of them draw as much as .24
amps. The CPU fan is 120mm to and it is supposed to be plugged into the
mobo according to the manufacturer of it.
I would think this is safe based on the above info but would love a
couple other opinions on this. Also, what would get hot if it is
pulling to much? I got one of those temp sensor thingys that is
infrared that I could check it with. I could also give it the finger
test. ;-)
Thanks.
Dale
:-) :-)
