Well, I tried the "juggle the fan wires" trick described below. What I got
was this:
�The fan budged a fraction of an inch on startup, then didn't move. Every
subsequent reconnection of the fan (i.e, simulating a computer startup)
produced the same reaction.
�I got a very warm, toasty-smelling fan motor in a matter of moments.
Speaking in my capacity as an ignoramus about electricity, I suspect I'm
leaving out the step of re-connecting the yellow fan wire to something or
other, and/or I have no ground wire now. Anyway, I'm typing this with a
computer that's operating on the power supply fan only (astonishingly, it
still isn't all that quiet; I think it's mostly 9gb Maxtor hard-drive
noise).
Great thoughts, anyone?
--Tony
Marylynn & Tony stole from Dallas, via Jeff W.:
> >Another & perhaps more elegant way to do this is to connect it between
> >the +5V & +12V wires of a drive power connector. Connect the fan's red
> >wire
> >to the yellow wire & the fan's black wire to the connector's red one,
> and
> >the
> >fan will run on 12 - 5 = 7V. The down side is you can't adjust the
> >resistance
> >for faster fan speed if you need a bit more air flow than 7V provides.
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