increasing fan speed
 

Is there any way to increase the CPU fan speed on an Intel D865GBF running a P4 2.8C???

Thanks

If you hook it up to an external power supply and pump more than 12 volts into it.

That's a great way to burn it out.

to increase fan speed, buy a new faster fan.... or i guess if you removce the blades off the fan it would have less resistance so it would spin faster......

You can buy a fan speed controller for it, but that would require re-wiring, and there's a good chance your motherboard wouldn't recognize the RPM speed anymore. I'd just go buy a new CPU fan that has a fan speed controller built in, like a Thermaltake Volcano 7 or Thermaltake Volcano 9. You can set it to auto-speed or control the speed yourself. They go pretty damn high; 5,000-6,000 RPMs I believe.

-Lasereth

If you take off the blades the fan will become unbalanced. So the fan will probably make a lot more noise, work less efficiently, and wear out much quicker.

Just buy a new fan. A bigger fan at the same speed can be just as good as increasing the speed on what you've got.

Nope done it before at school.....you can pump up to 24 volts to it for a long time...

until it burns out and stops cooling the CPU and that burns out to

I was being a smart ass.... or trying to be.... they said spin faster not cool better. I was suggesting removeing all blades, if you remove them all it wouldn't be off balanced, just wouldn't move any air....

you could get away with upping th voltage to a point but then you would have to have a pot and use the +12 -12 volts on the power supply to get the needed voltage with out useing an external source.....

the fan speed contoler like in the volcano 7 would only reduce the voltage thus slowing the fan.....

Just buy a new fan and do it the right way

thanks for the feed back.. i was going to buy a new fan.. but i wanted to see if i could just save the money, oh well

thanks anyway

A long time as in months? No? Enjoy your melted CPU.....