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mushtac

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#72977 6-Dec-2010 09:51
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I have a TYAN motherboard with 2x INTEL XEON CPU's (mPGAa) with INTEL passive heatsink & fan. Is there anyway or method to reduce the speed of the fans to half with out completely replacing the heatsink & fans? Thanks

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Speedy885
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  #413406 6-Dec-2010 12:51
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Speed controllers? of if you are knowledgeable in the electronics department you could connect a small pot across the fan wires to make a variable voltage divider thus slowing the fans down. although because the fans are in a server that will be running 24/7(i assume it will be) then it may not be a good idea to reduce the fan speed as the processors may overheat. 



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  #413408 6-Dec-2010 12:56
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you could try downloading speedfan

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

"SpeedFan can access digital temperature sensors and can change fan speeds accordingly, thus reducing noise"




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