Curse

Lord Sojar · Oct 03, 2008, 04:33 AM // 04:33

110volts in DC would.... not end well. ljones, do you mean you have an AC 110 volt fan? Even those don't need 110 volts to run, they just plug in to standard outlet. They have built in resistors and transformers.

Showtime · Oct 03, 2008, 05:11 AM // 05:11

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Originally Posted by ljonesj

no its a fan out of a computer type switch board that runs off of 110volts and i think the fan is about 180mm i got ziped tied at the moment to the side vent of my case i am using a stock acer m5100 u can look it up on acers site the front fan makes it were i have to take out 2 of my expansion bays to work which i do not like do they make a small profile but still 80mm fan for the front of cases i need one half the thickness of a stock 80mm

Ah the ghetto side fan rig... Did you use any duct tape to dampen the vibration?

I usually just mount an 80-120mm fan right next to or under the video card to push hot air away from it. I had to do this with 2 or my last 3 nvidia cards and they still died on me. Those 4850's get hot. I have my 4850's fan on 60%, but it's the "gaming rig" so I don't mind the noise as much as I would in my other systems. It's really unfortunate that gpu and chipset companies do not send out their products with adequate cooling. Great for fan and aftermarket cooler companies, but not so good for us consumers.

ljonesj · Oct 03, 2008, 09:04 AM // 09:04

this one does and it was out of a switch board or a control panel and i am looking at it right now

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43...j/P1000102.jpg

ljonesj · Oct 03, 2008, 09:20 AM // 09:20

yeah its ac fan it came out of a switch board were my dad works and were i work at now i see them all the time

Quaker · Oct 03, 2008, 05:16 PM // 17:16

Well, duh, guys, lots of fans work directly off 110VAC. Ceiling fans, oscillating desk fans, and lots of cooling fans used in industrial equipment such as old switchboards. And they don't use transformers or resistors either (for shame Rahja

- pass that roach.)

Zamorakk · Oct 03, 2008, 05:50 PM // 17:50

A graphics card can easely take care of up to 85 degrees stressed so.

ljonesj · Oct 11, 2008, 09:23 PM // 21:23

hey got my card even cooler i replaced the thermal pads on the ram with artic silver it droped the temps about 4 degrees and my heatsink did not have its screws even tight they came of with just my fingers and were the cpu and the chips that need the heatsink there was a paint like substance i got that cleaned off and the card is a lot more stable now cause of it

Lord Sojar · Oct 12, 2008, 08:48 PM // 20:48

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Originally Posted by Quaker

Well, duh, guys, lots of fans work directly off 110VAC. Ceiling fans, oscillating desk fans, and lots of cooling fans used in industrial equipment such as old switchboards. And they don't use transformers or resistors either (for shame Rahja

- pass that roach.)

Rack fans do... pass it back.

Umm, wow though.... that must be an OLD switchboard, you were not joking. LOL! I stand corrected sir.

Glad thermal compound corrected some of the issue. I would max out the fan to 100% considering you have that crazy fan already making a ton of racket.

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Originally Posted by Zamorakk

A graphics card can easely take care of up to 85 degrees stressed so.

That still causes pMOS stressing, which in turn, caused SiD, which in turn causes damage. Not to mention the raising of ambient temperature within the case, which puts additional stress on other components. Basically... just because something CAN do something doesn't mean it SHOULD.

ljonesj · Oct 13, 2008, 06:46 AM // 06:46

thats why i mounted that bigger fan to the side of the case as i dont want to kill my gpu fan as running at that speed would eventually burn it out would it not

deluxe · Oct 13, 2008, 08:49 AM // 08:49

Did you learn to write like that in school?
I don't see sentences, just big piles of (annoying to read) text.

ljonesj · Oct 13, 2008, 01:40 PM // 13:40

If you don't have anything constructive to say for the topic. You don't need to say anything at all.

P.S. strange thing Raja that fan is actually quite when its up and running lol.

Quaker · Oct 13, 2008, 05:26 PM // 17:26

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Originally Posted by ljonesj

thats why i mounted that bigger fan to the side of the case as i dont want to kill my gpu fan as running at that speed would eventually burn it out would it not

I don't think you need to worry about speed burning out the GPU fan. What generally ruins computer fans is excessive heat (drying out the bearings) and dust and dirt clogging the works.

ljonesj · Oct 13, 2008, 05:45 PM // 17:45

Ok thanks Quaker I've heard of not running things at max before do to failure at that