decreasing fan speed?

[jhu]

anyone know how i can go about doing this without having to go out and buy a new power supply and cpu fan? i know it has something to do with decreasing the voltage on the fans but i don't have the slightest clue how to do that.

 

[orion7144]

There are modules available that enables you to plug the fan into it and adjust that way. I know Fry's sells them. They are called fan speed controllers. Or you can make it yourself with a Potentiometer and some wire.

 

[jhu]

how about the fan inside the power supply? i can use that too? and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a fry's anywhere near wisconsin...

 

[santar72]

You can decrease the voltage from 12V to 7V. This will slow down the fan speed which will lower the noise. Here a link on how to do it. 12V to 7V

 

[Blastman]

For controlling your CPU fan use a Zalman Fanmate ??????.

ncix

zalman

The nice thing about the Fanmate is that it can be adjusted continuously anywhere from 5-11v and it is very inexpensive. I have my CPU fan turned down from 4300rpm to about 2900 with one --- where it is very quiet. If you need more or less cooling, just adjust it to where needed.

You might be able to adapt/splice one of these into your psu ................

ncix

 

[0roo0roo]

buy a fan speed controller. yes you can splice the psu fan wires to your fan speed controller. i did that to control noise. make sure to look up how to mess with cpu, u don't want to touch nasty bits in there and fry yourself.

 

[Blastman]

I think that should be make sure to look up how to mess with a psu, you don't want to touch nasty bits in there and fry yourself.

 

[jhu]

how long should i wait before opening up the power supply? and can i use the same type of device used to decrease cpu fan speed for the power supply fan?

 

[Blastman]

Unplug your computer then turn it on briefly to suck the power out of the capacitors. (You can see the fans move a little when you do this.) Also, make sure not to touch capacitors inside your psu as they may still have some charge.

Yes. A Fanmate1 could be used to for a psu fan. May have to splice it in.

Here?s an article on psu fan replacement ?

http://www.mikhailtech.com/articles/mods/psu/

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: jhu
anyone know how i can go about doing this without having to go out and buy a new power supply and cpu fan? i know it has something to do with decreasing the voltage on the fans but i don't have the slightest clue how to do that.

Silent PC Review is your friend. Tons of PC quieting stuff.

-Por

 

[jhu]

thanks guys. really usefull stuff

 

[0roo0roo]

a few fanmate ones and u've paid for a real speed controller thats accessable from the front and kinda neat looking to boot

 

[jhu]

so i broke down and bought a temperature controlled fan for the psu and a voltage regulator thing for the cpu fan. i guess we'll see how this works out.