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    modding psu fan

    is it safe to add a zalman fanmate or other variable resistor to the 3pin fan power plug on a psu's pcb in order to quiet the fan noise?

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    As long as its a high watt resistor, should be fine. The only thing that would happen is that the pot would "burn". You would know this by the fan simply stoping to function.


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    thanks hellfire

    i7 980x | corsair dominator 6x4 Gb | TJ07
    SLI GTX 580x2 | GT430 | rampage 3 | corsair AX1200
    LSI 9265 | OCZ vertex 128x4 raid0 | corsair c300 | hitachi 3tbx3 |
    blocks: cpu hk 3.0 | gpu aquacomputer 580x2 | mb ek re3 fc | ram bitspower galaxy
    pump: laing d5 x2 | res: koolance 452x2
    rad: TC 120.3 120.2 | scythe GTx5
    NASs: qnap 879 8x3tb | thecus N5200 2tbx5

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