[rescue] Multia Question

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> > Yeah, but I want to replace the fan altogether.  But the fan I want to
> > use consumes 9W of power!  I don't know if the fan points on the power
> > supply breadboard were designed to provide that much power.  The fan I
> > want to use is a whole lot louder, but it pushes something like 12
> > times as much air.
>
> Why not tap off the internal drive power connector (assuming internal 3
> 1/2" model)? If if is the PCI model, taping off the 44 pin connector
> can't be too dificult (part can't be unobtanium)...
>
> Wow, I just got my brain around the current demands of the fan - but,
> you should be OK if you don't have any internal drives (I guess).
>
> Just a few thoughts...

Well, I wouldn't have any problem with running my fan off the drive power,
but the problem would be...  would the power supply care about not having
a load on the fan points on the power supply breadboard?

Peace...  Sridhar