- Apr 26, 2012
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Hello,
Sorry if they aren't called headers. I'm pretty new to this "learning the hardware" thing, but I'm trying. Okay, so I recently updated my computer and I gave my old computer to my little brother who says it is fine for everything he does (I plan on surprising him with a modern computer as soon as possible though). However, we both have a question concerning his board.
It has two CPUFan headers. We have the CPU heatsink plugged into number one and was wondering, would it be unwise to plug into another fan to the second header? He's going to buy a cooler for his computer at the end of the month but right now he wants to give it some extra "cool", so he stripped down a secondary CPU heatsink fan he had lying around and then turned it into a "case" fan and then plugged it into the second CPUFan header.
The computer booted up fine but I told him to turn off the computer and wait until I could ask some professionals just in case.
So, is this a really bad idea or is it safe? Can this actually cause it to get "hotter"? His temps were rising to 52c but we have noticed it dropped to 46-49c with the fan on--this was on a 30% load.
Thanks!
edit:
Also, can extra external or internal hard drives drive up temperatures? Because he has four plugged in for storage and it spiked up his temps by nearly 7c!
Sorry if they aren't called headers. I'm pretty new to this "learning the hardware" thing, but I'm trying. Okay, so I recently updated my computer and I gave my old computer to my little brother who says it is fine for everything he does (I plan on surprising him with a modern computer as soon as possible though). However, we both have a question concerning his board.
It has two CPUFan headers. We have the CPU heatsink plugged into number one and was wondering, would it be unwise to plug into another fan to the second header? He's going to buy a cooler for his computer at the end of the month but right now he wants to give it some extra "cool", so he stripped down a secondary CPU heatsink fan he had lying around and then turned it into a "case" fan and then plugged it into the second CPUFan header.
The computer booted up fine but I told him to turn off the computer and wait until I could ask some professionals just in case.
So, is this a really bad idea or is it safe? Can this actually cause it to get "hotter"? His temps were rising to 52c but we have noticed it dropped to 46-49c with the fan on--this was on a 30% load.
Thanks!
edit:
Also, can extra external or internal hard drives drive up temperatures? Because he has four plugged in for storage and it spiked up his temps by nearly 7c!
and good thinking. Sucking some fresh air is a must. Also you should be safe using the optional cpu fan header for a case fan. But the speed of fan will increase and decrease depending on the cpu load and temperature. If you have an option to control fan speeds in the BIOS, use it to configure how you like. Just make sure the main cpu fan is running fine.
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