CPU Fan

[Kamal]

My CPU fan seems to blow air onto instead of sucking air away from the CPU. How do you reverse the direction of air flow ?

[unkownartist]

Re: CPU Fan

My CPU fan seems to blow air onto instead of sucking air away from the CPU. How do you reverse the direction of air flow ?

thats the way its meant to be kamal lol

tbh personally i wouldnt fuck around with it

[Kamal]

Re: CPU Fan

really? but that's not logical if right, if it was blowing onto the processor vs. sucking air away from it and releasing it into the rest of the case, then the rear fan on every PC would not be blowing hot air out but sucking air in to give the CPU fan cooler air to blow onto the processor.

[unkownartist]

Re: CPU Fan

really? but that's not logical if right, if it was blowing onto the processor vs. sucking air away from it and releasing it into the rest of the case, then the rear fan on every PC would not be blowing hot air out but sucking air in to give the CPU fan cooler air to blow onto the processor.

think about it.....if the metal bit wasnt gettin cooled air blown onto it it would just heat and heat and tbh i dont think sucking the air away from it would do much to disperse the heat, as the air goes into the fan its cooled by the motion, this is why u also have case fans to bring a flow of cold air from outside and also to take the hot air out, doesnt sound logical but it works

[beanzncheez]

Re: CPU Fan

red1 is 100% correct on this one. Ask anyone that builds computers. You ALWAYS have the fan blowing onto the heatsink to help disperse the heat as fast as possible and to help cool the parts.

[Kamal]

Re: CPU Fan

the reason I still find it an ineffective technique is because after 2 years, my heatsink had actually accumulated a 1 - 2 mm layer of dust causing the fan to spin ridiculously loud-er (I'm only now reading several reports that the Northwood based CPUs are prone to tremendous heat discharges, the Dual Cores are actually much cooler).

Since the fan is mounted on the heatsink which is accumulating all the heat, I'd imagine it makse sense to have the heatsink fans pull the heat "away" rather than into it because that would essentially render the rear mounted fan useless.

[Kamal]

Re: CPU Fan

http://www.overclock.net/faqs/14695-opinion-suck-vs-blow-way-do.html

[Kamal]

Re: CPU Fan

lmao seems I'm gonna have to reverse my rear fan

[unkownartist]

Re: CPU Fan

no i,m confused lmao

fuck it, just attatch a leaf blower

[unkownartist]

Re: CPU Fan

ok i,m not sure if this will work but i think if u snip the wires and connect them to the opposite wires it MIGHT reverse the fan, try it on something old first

[Kamal]

Re: CPU Fan

that WILL do it, I'd rather just change the POS

[Yao]

Re: CPU Fan

really...have you ever tried to point a fan on you when you were sweating? Well...the sweat is the heatsink and the fan is...the fan.

think about it ;-)

[PROG]

Re: CPU Fan

ok i,m not sure if this will work but i think if u snip the wires and connect them to the opposite wires it MIGHT reverse the fan, try it on something old first

dont think that will work..its how the blades are made..

[beanzncheez]

Re: CPU Fan

Running my 120mm fan at half speed (down) on my Opty 165 yields a temp of 30 degrees Celsius and if I reverse it to pull up the heat then the temp jumps up at least 11 degrees Celcius. And that's with this thing OC'd 1.1GHz.

[Yao]

Re: CPU Fan

Hey Beanz...if I want to upgrade my cpu in the future and I can't get a quad-core AMD, do you advise me to take a faster Athlon or an Opteron?