I'm using the Enermax EG365P-VE (FCA) model and by far the most noise seems to come from the 80mm exhaust fan when you turn up the manual control knob. But how do you change this fan to a Panaflo? I can see the connector for it, but because this is a fan control model there is also some other yellow wire connected to a circuit board. The 92mm fan seems to be pretty straight forward, simply unplug the connector, remove the fan and replace. Any help/tips on the process of removing the 80mm fan??? Step by step instructions would be nice....I need some hand holding 😉
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Anyone complete an Enermax PSU fan mod?
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glenn1
Lifer
haven't done an enermax before, but i modded my Antec and it was easy as pie. Just popped open the PS cover, unscrewed the 80mm fan grill bolts, and popped out the 80mm (cutting a lead to the circuit board of the PS in the process). Then i popped the Panaflo in there in place of the old fan, ignored the connector on the PS circuit board and just ran the wire leads for the panaflo through an open space on the back side of the PS. Then i plugged the Panaflo into one of the molex connectors from the PS, put the cover back on the PS, and it was done. Total elapsed time - maybe 4 minutes. I doubt the Enermax will be much different.
As far as I can tell, the enermax adjustable uses a variable resistor that is soldered in parallel to the fan between the applied voltage and the ground. If you wanted to test this, you could unsolder/cut at the base one of the adjuster's leads and the fan would go at full speed. If that's the case, it would simply be a matter of soldering the right wires to another fan... the circuit board could be a problem though, depending on what it does if it doesn't sense the rpm (unless you have one of the rpm models of panaflo).