[thelist] OT?: Motherboard: Kobian KOB KT266a FDSX

[Ryan Tames]

On 22 Nov 2003 at 19:57, John C Bullas wrote:

I can state, in my mother board, theres this big black
plastic container covering the cpu. The fan is attached to that.

I never attempted to take it apart to look inside,
but it does look like a cooling device. well, more like a vacuum.
but if theres logic built into it, it can easily control the electronic
flow of the fan attached (by monitoring the heat inside the black box).

and step the fan into (for instance) one of three variable speeds.

> >A recent PC Magazine article mentioned a variable-speed fan, but did
> >not say is was controlled by the motherboard.  It was in a
> >multiple-fan box, and if the box started to get too hot, or one fan
> >failed, the remaining fan(s) sped up.
> 
> you can get these (Volcano 11 and others) that use a temperature probe
> under the processor to trip the fan speed, I had never heard of one
> that got a variable voltage directly off of the board via CPUFAN1 plug
> these fans still need a connection off the IDE power feed as they
> suggest the power drain off the board may be too high
> 
> FB
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