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

[John C Bullas]

At 07:45 11/12/2003, Ryan Tames wrote
>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.

AFAIK there is not a plug on the motherboard that will provide a
controlled temperature related voltage output to the CPU fan
to make it run faster/slower depending on temperature

YOUR M/B may have been fitted with a fan that has a
temperature sensor under the heatsink sitting on the CPU

John


>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.