Motherboard Heat Sink FAQ

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Motherboard Heat Sink FAQ

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Name: chris ellis
Date: June 23, 2003 at 04:57:11 Pacific
Subject: Motherboard Heat Sink FAQ
OS: ME
CPU/Ram: P3 850Mhz/640MB

Comment:

does the heat sink needed to keep the cpu cool use one of the same power sockets a convential case fan socket, i need to know becuase the mobo can support 3 fans
but is one of these for the heat sink?
i know this might vary from mobo to mobo
any help?
i need to know so i can buy x amount of fans

Chris

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Response Number 1

Name: johnoh
Date: June 23, 2003 at 05:38:28 Pacific
Subject: Motherboard Heat Sink FAQ

Reply: (edit)

yes it does.
Fans with connectors for eith a mobo 3-pin power plug or a power supply 4-pin power plug give you the choice of where to plug it in.
http://www.bestbyte.net/Product.cfm?ProductID=1343&CategoryID=8&Keyword=

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Name: Tbird4point6LX97
Date: June 23, 2003 at 11:25:13 Pacific
Subject: Motherboard Heat Sink FAQ

Reply: (edit)

good idea to plug it in on the board at "cpu fan"...so when you're looking at rpm's for your cpu, it will be reported correctly as such

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