> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Can you or anyone please recall > or suggest a simple way to connect a fan that will run at 12v or lower... to > my 7300 or 7600 as I am setting up a hot drive in one and want to add an extra > fan. One PC fan I have is nice and thin and about right and has a small > reddish brown connector, 3 holes, 2 (red wire) of which are jumpered together. > It > looks like a plug that will fit on the little 3-pin job called Geoport to the > left front of a 7300 (whatever this is?). Must I tap a power (4-pin red, > black, > black, blue) power set that goes to my drives and be rid of the 3-pin plug. If > I have to tap, I assume I tap the red, but what other to be safe? Is there a > more elegant solution, a supply on the mb?>> > > Fans! > http://www.geocities.com/glenstrek/7500_fan.html > > Be sure to click on the "Cooling fan PDF" link > > The other and perhaps more effective approach (learned from posts from Peter) > is to install a higher capacity fan in the power supply. --glen (digest mode)
Thanks Glen, I did read your fine article but it did not quite help me on a very specific electrics query (I don't want to buy things, plugs, adaptors any more! And I did study your pics.) I have fans lying around and they all basically have two wires, a + and a - and I suppose I wanted to tap into things in my usual crude way: red + of the fan to red and the neg to which other wire of the 4 that go to HDs in a 7300? I have also got to check what load the PSU will take, it will surely handle my new Seagate 10000 LVD and a standard Apple HD, the CD and a fan drawing about .2 of an amp (otherwise it is easy to supply the fan from an external source). David Elmo -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
