[JP198780]

i had no idea where 2 post this, soo i posted it here...

my fan on my Dell sounds like it kicks 2 a higher speed sometimes...

then kicks back down, im not worried bout that, thats normal...

but the fan spins slow, i'd say but 1000rpm, i can see the fins on the fan spinnin..

this fan is like a 70mm or 90mm or somethin, i have alot smaller fan in there, and it pushes alot more air :laugh: ....

is there a way i can change the fan speeds?

it has a 4-pin connector that plugs into the mobo, thanks 4 any help on this..

 

[Volt-Schwibe]

4 pin?

can you look real fast and make sure it's not just 3?

also, yes, you can change the fan's speed many many ways.

you can use tools like speedfan, or you can purchase the adaptor that takes a 4 pin hdd molex and gets power from that, you could even buy one of those that controls speed as well, there's alot of things you can do.

 

[JP198780]

maybe it is a 3-pin, i looked up a fan, and it looks identical and it's 3-pin..

 

[TheMatt]

You should look into a fan controler. It sticks into the 5.25" drive bays and you use nobs to control the fan speed.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811999137
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813999506

 

[linderman]

you must bear in mind, over riding the speed control of a CPU normally done by the motherboard is delicate business, unless you want it at high speed all the time, that the way I set mine!

 

[JP198780]

well i would just like 2 kick the speed up a little, it spins slow and doesnt push that much air..

 

[linderman]

yes thermaltake makes a fan speed controlling unit try a google search for them


then ramp up your fan speed as much as possible (if you deceide to slow your fans make sure you are using a monitoring program like sensorview or pc wizard or speedfan to monitor your temps, many times I have seen guys turn their fans down to reduce noise only to burn up their components, computers dont like heat!

 

[JP198780]

oo soo i have 2 buy a fan controller 1st, then i can speed up my fans?

 

[linderman]

you may be able to speed them up just by using speedfan


if not; then get the contoller

http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

 

[Volt-Schwibe]

if the software way doesn't happen to work on your motherboard, there's also adapters that bypass the motherboard and run the fan right off the 12v. this makes it just run full speed all the time.

it's the cheapest way to speed it up, but if you'd like to be able to change the speed, just go with a controller.