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Old 30-05-2005, 09:58   #11
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Re: PC fan connectors
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Originally Posted by Jonboy
the only fans i would run off the motherboard is the cpu fan, i would run all other fans off the psu the way motherboards are made nower days i would not trust the tracks on the motherboard to cope with the power that some of these fans use they are wafer thin now, and you could end up with a burnt out track on the board within a few months down the line not easy to fix, as long as you have a good 400w psu run yer fans from that
Thanks Jonboy - next time I've got the PC open I'll look at the options again.

Though if it does fail while connected to the mobo at least I'll have an excuse to buy myself a new PC
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