fan too big?

fuxor

I just got my SLK-900A, and sunon 92x92x38mm fan... the fan clips for the heatsink seem to be designed for a thinner fan... any suggestions?

also, the fan runs on a 4-pin molex, and the fan controller has 3-pin connectors... any suggestions on that one?

thanks guys,
-fux

Spinner

I've had this problem before on the SLK800A. I remedied the situation with the use of some ellastic bands, to act as extensions for the metal clip.

As for the fan adapter problem, you'll need to get a convertor.

fuxor

nevermind about the clip, turns out i just needed to apply more pressure (the stock fan for the 900A is a 38mm high delta) to pull the clips up.

haha and i just needed to put the grill on first... fan feels pretty secure

Geeky1

Vantec's fan controllers come with 4-pin to 3-pin (female) connectors to connect 4-pin fans to 3-pin headers. I believe that there is another company that has similar adapters...

check the following websites:
www.atacom.com
www.xpcgear.com
www.svc.com

I think one of those three has it...

fuxor

thanks, I got impatient and went to the local shop and picked one up for 2 bucks

I'll start assembling it in half an hour, when my friend gets back from work and can get me my arctic silver 3

fuxor

with the knob at about 60%, I'm getting between 3-5C difference between ambient and idle cpu temps

When I get my RAID set up I'll start tweaking and see what kinda temps i get

Straight_Man

http://www.cyberguys.com/ and ThermoTake and I think also JameCo carry these as parts and with some fans. some also carry splitter harnesses--basicly, the fan will not barf,but will always be always on, if its sense wire is unhooked and not used. If the fan has a three wire hookup, tell me the colors and I can tell you how to hook up right so it works as needed without adapter (essentially, on fans, red is typically plus 12 V, can go to a HD power harness Yellow wire with an automotive tapin or 3M slicone filled tapin (what I use down here) and black is typically return wire for 12 volt ciruit, and yellow is often but not always the sense wire. Now, for mobo to control the fan, it should be the sense wire only hooked to the CPU fan connector, so you have two choices-- either remove the red and black pins from connector, and toss pins after cutting pins off wire ends, or cut them (red and black only) flush with top (wire tail part, where wires come out) and cover with either liquid electrical tape or a blob of silicone adhesive caulk like that used on bahtrooms where clear caulk is wanted.

Then plug the three pin female connector onto your CPU Fan three prong plugin with sense wire still connected to connector. Reason for power tapping off of HD harness, is that it is easiest to work with and also very safe if doen right and more amperage is available for fan that what than the mobo fan connector supports. I have also used crimpon butt connectors, but auto grade or commerical grade taps are better when it comes to not getting feedback noise from fan motor into HD power lines. Also easier, no stripping as the taps self-strip the area connected when you crimp them down if done right.

If you have two colors other than yellow which are not red and black, a picture or sketch of what connector looks like with color notes would be nice to help figure out exactly what is right for colors versus line purpose the first time around.

fuxor

o...k

sorry but you need to work on writing concisely, bud.

if you're talking about adapting from 4-pin to 3-pin connectors... I've already got it covered

turned up about 60% (on the fan controller) my computer isn't too noisy and my idle temps are in the low 30's