Can I damage my fans by doing this?

[jseedorff]

Hi,

I have the Asus A8N SLI deluxe board equipped with a nVidia 6800 GT PCI-E card.

A few days ago I noticed that one of the fans had become noisy. In orther to find out which fan was making the noise, I placed my finger lightly on the center of the fans to slow them down. I didn't stop the fans entirely and slowdown didn't last for more than a few seconds.

However, I started to wonder if this method of testing could damage the fans? - what do you think?

I guess that the worst thing which could happen is that the currect would rise a bit in the coils (during the slow-down).

JASE

 

[imported_Kensai]

Maybe...
PS. Don't stick your finger in the fans, you'll break the fan.

 

[wisdomtooth]

Or break a finger. :laugh:

 

[Zucarita9000]

You can always pick up a $5 FanMate and use that to bring down to voltage to 5v.

 

[Tiamat]

no, you wont break the fan. as long as you dont do it for more than say 10 seconds.

 

[spyderzz]

Don't stick your finger in the fans, you'll break the fan.

Or ELSE break CHOP your finger off !!! ;p

p/s:it will damage the fan and will spoilt the fan ring

 

[steamnputer]

its the chipset fan if it matters any and no you will not break the fan more likely the finger doing the intrustion as that one spins at 7 to 8k. Just don't stop it for more the five or ten seconds as I believe it tied to the bios and shuts down the puter.