Author: Slater Wold
Date: 16:52:40 09/03/01
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On September 03, 2001 at 19:25:01, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On September 03, 2001 at 18:56:59, Slater Wold wrote: > >>>Man where can i buy those excellent heatsinks in europe? >>> >>>Those delta fans i already have (but wrong heatsink). >> >>Watch out. Those delta fans draw 3.5 to 4 watts of power, and _most_ mobo's fan >>headers can only take 3.6 watts (0.3A). I've fried a MSI and a Tyan mobo using >>the fan headers with my delta fans. This is why those delta fans come with a >>header switch. >> > >delta fans get power from the power supply, not from the mainboard, >only a sensor cable goes back to the mainboard. > >Those guys have thought of everything :) > >>Slate Not the delta fans I have then. Perhaps these are newer. I guess this must be their work around. I know a lot of people who fried their mobo's with delta fans.
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