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Subject: Re: How to build a dual AMD

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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