Delta question

[funkdog]

I have a black label Delta on my heatsink... I am using the mobo cpu fan connector for power.

I've read bad things like the connection burning out and the fan stops working. Should I use a 3 to 4 pin connector and jump it off the PSU. I really don't need the fan monitor to work, just don't want my fan to all the sudden stop working and my cpu to [-peep-] the bed.

Iwill KK266 is the board, and I have no other fans plugged into the board.

Thanks

 

[peteb]

generally a delta would be too much current for a mobo. This depends on mobos andfans of course. Check the fan watts rating, and then you IWILL manual. The Asus are about 3W I think, which is too little to run the delta on for very long. It will work for a while, but eventually the fan header will die....

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[Bud]

Yeah if your fan stopped that would suck and cost you a new CPU.

I always mount a backup fan next to the CPU, using velcro attched to the PSU. That way if the primary fails all you get is a temp increase...not a fried CPU.

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by bud on 06/11/01 12:45 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[wapaaga]

i wouldn't worry much if the fan failed as long as you have a temp moniter

i know somebody that didn't plug the fan in on a 1 ghz athlon and ran it for an hour until he did a finally check before the customer got it and the procseer was fine

 

[Guest]

I'd worry. Those things fry in 8 seconds without a heatsink, and not much longer with a passive heatsink. You can hook up the 3pin to 4 pin adapter and still keep your rpm monitoring btw. All you have to do is hook the yellow wire up to the spot it normally goes on the 3pin header on the motherboard. Hook the other leads up to the PSU, and you're good to go. Plenty of Watts for the fan, and rpm monitoring to boot.

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[funkdog]

Thanks for the reply fellas.