OMG! Blue Orb or Modified Skillsaw?

[velvetwolf]

I just attatched a Blue Orb to my GeForce 2 PRO; flipped the switch and almost soiled myself. This thing seriously sounded like a skillsaw. Is this normal? If I didn't know better it sounded like the fan blades where hitting the fins of the heatsink. But I don't see that happening. On the same note. Since the wires coming off the Blorb have a three pin plug and the stock fan was connected to the card by a two pin plug, I used the included adapter to four pin and plugged it into the mobo. Is this too much power.? Is there any reason why I can't splice the two wires from the adapter to the plug from the original fan and plug the blorb into the card instead of the mobo?

 

[velvetwolf]

Where's the love?

 

[Mykex]

No ,sounds like a fin or screw is scraping if its like that,should be a resonable level swoosh sound.

 

[Swanny]

My fan made that noise too when I got it. I told them to send me another one of warranty, so they did. And no, the fan's not getting too much power, and also no, I wouldn't plug it straight into the card because you might fry the card because the fan draws too much current.