or do I HAVE to ground that bitch? IS there some feedback that the fan understands if the black wire isnt grounded? any details would be great, as well as personal experience. Does this make the fan louder, quieter? Does it make an appreciable temperature difference? thanx all
ehb

ya it does need to be grounded...... and im not sure about the other stuff i havent done this yet..........

cut the black wire and tape it to the metal shielding, THATS IT!!!

as with everything electrical there is a negative current. You have to ground it or you get nothing. Yes, it is quite a bit louder, but it is not loud in general (compared to pc fans), and as increasing the voltage, increases rpm's, it increases cfm, which increases cooling.

yes it makes a differents. my mb drop 18 degress and my cpu drop 26 degress. that was idling for 30 mins.

Your too lazy to just tape a wire?

leave the damn black wire alone, cut the red, plug it into 12 hdd wire, and ur done.

QUOTE (Hath @ Aug 18 2003, 11:46 PM)

leave the damn black wire alone, cut the red, plug it into 12 hdd wire, and ur done.

funny thing is, and im not trying to be mean or anything but i do believe hath wrote a thread telling all about this, well, if not there are several threads dealing with your question in depth..

try searching..

QUOTE (Hath @ Aug 18 2003, 11:46 PM)

leave the damn black wire alone, cut the red, plug it into 12 hdd wire, and ur done.

youre an idiot

the red wire is already 12v!!! there is a resistor in the particular ground point of the black wire!!!!!

hath, sk8ermike6789 is right the red wire is already 12v. black wire ground point on the mobo is limiting the volted with a resistor.