Okay, so this is a bit unusual. But I'm building a machine that includes a hard-drive back-plane fitting into three 5.25" drive bays. Now, the back-plane has its own pair of small, somewhat noisy fans, but with the way my case is organised I have room for a much bigger fan (120mm, maybe a 140mm) to go behind the backplane, and I figure this should be a lot quieter.
Now, what I was hoping to do was to remove the built in fans, and simply connect my big fan to the headers of the back-plane unit to gain temperature control, however the fans don't operate as a pair like I'd originally assumed; they each have their own connector and operate independently.
What I'm wondering is, is there a way that I can connect my single fan to both fan headers, and use the higher of the two voltages to drive it? For example, if the left fan header is on half speed, while the right side in on low speed, then my single fan would operate at half speed?
Now I know there are plenty of Y-cables out there that I could potentially use, but these would result in my single fan receiving up to double the power that it should, is there any way to cut this down? I'm asking because good quality temperature controllers can be a bit pricey, and the back-plane clearly has a temperature controller built in, so it makes sense to take advantage of it if I can, but I'm not entirely sure what I would need in order to do so.
Now, what I was hoping to do was to remove the built in fans, and simply connect my big fan to the headers of the back-plane unit to gain temperature control, however the fans don't operate as a pair like I'd originally assumed; they each have their own connector and operate independently.
What I'm wondering is, is there a way that I can connect my single fan to both fan headers, and use the higher of the two voltages to drive it? For example, if the left fan header is on half speed, while the right side in on low speed, then my single fan would operate at half speed?
Now I know there are plenty of Y-cables out there that I could potentially use, but these would result in my single fan receiving up to double the power that it should, is there any way to cut this down? I'm asking because good quality temperature controllers can be a bit pricey, and the back-plane clearly has a temperature controller built in, so it makes sense to take advantage of it if I can, but I'm not entirely sure what I would need in order to do so.
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