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Can I wire an 8pin double case fan into 2 x 4pin fan headers, or USB?
I have 2 x Delta 92x38mm EFB0912HHE Triple Blade High Speed Case Fan - Sleeved, which both have 4 wires which are spliced into an 8-pin connector, but only using 6 of the pins (2 are sharing 2 wires ...
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Blackscreen with GPU fans at max speed
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During some games, after 2-20 Minutes a black screen appears
CS2, CS:GO, Anno 1800 suffer from blackscreen
Did not get a single black screen playing hours of COD
Sound is still playing in ...
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How to sync AIO cooler to fan to motherboard
I am pretty new to hardware and I’m currently trying to connect my AIO cooler with my other fans to the motherboard but unfortunately when I tried to change the RGB color, the fans and the cooler are ...
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AcePC AK2 power fan without fan connector
I have a ACEPC AK2 small computer and the fan works, but the terminal to the motherboard is destroyed.
The entire terminal ripped of taking some of the pcb with it.
Is there any where on the board ...
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Strange computer startup
I have an HP G1 800 (i5 4670) tower system. It got it's capacitors burnt so I took it to a repair shop and replaced it's motherboard.
Now here is the main issue:
Whenever I turn the computer on after ...
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How to be certain my motherboard is dead
After searching, I haven't found a question matching my scenario, which is: Connected new power supply (old one started making a very strange sound and I assumed it was dying or dead); hit power-on ...
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RGB light acting weird
I added 2 fans through molex connections (0.18 Amps each) and now the side panel case RGB does not automatically go on anymore when I start up my PC, even after disconnecting the new fans.
The RGB is ...
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PC turns on for a split second then turns off
My PC recently stopped working. I turned it on one day and heard a pop then it turned off and when I tried to turn it on it wouldn’t.
I assumed it was the PSU so I changed it but then after trying to ...
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PC stops after a couple of seconds
Today, my trusty DELL XPS 8300 desktop PC did not start. First time after years of flawless operation and daily use.
It powered up and then powered down after a couple of seconds without reaching the ...
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How to find replacement fan for PSU?
I would like to replace my PSU fan because it makes a well hearable noise (it is the fan, confirmed). First I hoped a simple lubrication will do it, but unfortunately the fan center is completely ...
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Fan spins but not booting. PSU or Motherboard Issue?
I upgraded graphics cards (gtx1050 LP), ssd and memory on my (5+ years old) Lenovo h520s desktop. it worked for a couple days and suddenly not booting after a restart. Is it a PSU or motherboard issue?...
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Safe method of blocking whining noise from PSU exhaust?
With respect to my other question here, I have attached an egg box over the exhaust fan on my PC that was making a noise. The image does not show it clearly, but there is a ~1.5" clearance ...
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Silencing coil whine (?) by blocking fan vent
My PC is making an annoying whine which I have self-diagnosed as coil whine because it seems to be coming from the power supply. This picture shows the rear of my PC, with some annotations.
I have ...
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Case fans spin slowly and RGB lighting remain on after PC shutdown when custom device plugged in
I wanted to add custom RGB lighting behind my monitor, and control it with a microcontroller.
Circumnavigating the monitor required 44 LEDs from a WS2812B strip. The power requirements were ~2.65A @ ...
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How to install addititonal fan to my case?
Hello I want to install an additional fan on my pc (Dell Tower 3620) and I can't find any port to it and there is not any additional wire from its power supply? Is there's a solution?
I Think of ...
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Can I run my desktop without a PSU fan?
What if I pulled the PSU fan out of the PSU, but all the other fans and heatsinks are still in the PC and running?
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wiring of large number of fans
I want to bring power to 8 power-hungry PWM (4pin) PC fans. The manual for the motherboard specifies max power delivery of fan connection of 1A. There is just one "chassis" connection, the ...
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Possible to hook up 3x 12V, .5A cooling fans to a single 12V, 2A power supply? [duplicate]
If I have an adaptor with a power supply of 12V, 2A., will I be able to or will it even be safe to hook up three (3) computer cooling fans (on to the same adaptor) with this rating: DC 12V,0.5A? For ...
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How to connect this seemingly 10 pin fan connector to my 4 pin CPU fan header on my motherboard
I want to connect the following 10 pin fan connector on a fan array in the front of my 1u server case to my motherboard. I have not found a way to do so and from searching online there are no 10 pin ...
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Speeding up a fan running in 'dumb' mode
I'm looking for feedback about how to get a computer cooling fan to spin with higher RPM. (It's a fully 'dumb' connection - this is a 120mm fan in an under-the-desk air purifier, so no thermostat or ...
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Computer not powering on, only short PSU fan spin and short GPU LEDs powering on
I've replaced my CPU fan on my desktop PC yesterday and got it to a point where it was working fine afterwards. Now I have just moved the desktop from the floor back to its location and it won't power ...
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Fan and power lights remain turned on after shutting down PC
When I shut down my computer, the screen goes black as normal, but the power light remains turned on, and the fan doesn't stop.
If I hold down the power button for 4 seconds, it turns off, but I ...
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What could cause a PC to wake up with blank screen, fan at full speed?
I have an HTPC build which uses the MSI G41TM-E43 motherboard with an Intel C2Q processor with 4GB RAM.
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/G41TME43#down-manual
About a week ago, I noticed the ...
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Is Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) a measure of life expectancy?
Does anyone know if MTBF (Meantime Between Failures) can be used to determine when a piece of computer hardware (CPU cooler, power supply, case fans, etc) will fail, thus requiring replacement? Or is ...
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I need help finding why my computer was fried [closed]
So, my power supply burned out, and it happened for the second time in a row. The first time it was because I was using old drivers, but later on me and the original owner changed the hard drive to ...
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Cooling a GPU whose fan is blocked by PCI card [closed]
First, I am using the NZXT Phantom 410 Mid tower for my system. I currently have a small NVIDIA GT710 with passive cooling (heatsink) and I am about to get a ZOTAC GTX 1080 Ti AMP Edition. I want to ...
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CPU fan restarts after power and PC not booting to bios
I've browsed for other similar threads and I haven't got my desired answer because symptoms were different in a way, though I still tried the suggested actions for troubleshooting, still haven't ...
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Fan speed controller and fried PSU
My PC came with a manual fan speed controller (FSC) for the front and back case fan. The FSC was connected to a 3-pin case fan header on the motherboard and then connected to a 1-to-2 fan splitter ...
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What is the purpose of these two connectors on this motherboard? What can connect to them?
I have been in the process of upgrading my computer. While adding more electronic parts to it, I came across these two types of connectors on the motherboard (HP N-Alvorix-RS880-uATX) and I am not ...
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How can 5 small case fans in parallel cause instability for a hefty ATX 900w PSU
I hope this is not off topic here, but I have a PC with a 900w ATX PSU (Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 8 900W). I have it set up in my PC with motherboard, GPU and case fans connected to it. I`m now ...
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