Biostar IDEQ 200T SFF Mod: Silverstone NT-06 Lite & 80mm rear fan

[PianoMan]

As some of you Biostar owners may know, the mobo loses the ability to control its onboard fans. When SmartFan worked, it was outstanding. After it apparently "got tired", I had a FanMate on the CPU fan, but felt it a little kludgy, so like any AT'er would do, looked at modding the case.

I guessed an NT-06 HSF and 80mm rear fan would fit, and was pleasantly surprised when they did. I removed the stock HSF, the rear 60mm fan, and had to enlarge that fan hole to accommodate the 80mm fan.

HSF Removed - with stock 60mm rear fan

80mm Fan Mod - High

80mm Fan Mod - Close Up

80mm Fan Mod - Rear

NT-06 Top

NT-06 Side

Going to build a NAS with this. The CPU (3.0 Northwood) idles in the low 30's (a good 10 degree improvement) and without a CPU fan, the 80mm is much quieter. Unfortunately, the PSU fan (tiny & thin 70mm) is a bit louder with the NT-06's heat, but overall, the SFF is quieter.

If you've got an old Shuttle/Biostar SFF around, you can breathe some life back into them.

 

[mpilchfamily]

Just wanted to point out that useing Speedfan to operate the onboard fan controler of motherboards can be detramental to the board. May be why its failed on you to start with. But good job on the mod.

 

[PianoMan]

Thanks for the compliment. I was using System Monitor (provided by Biostar), which is probably very similar to SpeedFan.