installing extra fan on 6800gt need help

ameek · 01-21-06, 04:55 PM

i took this extra fan out of my old psu 280 watt. now it says its 12 v and .13 a on this fan its a little bit bigger than an amd 64 stock fan. there is a black and a red wire comming out of the fan and nothing else how do i power up this fan and the stock 6800gt fan at the same time to they run together?

jAkUp · 01-25-06, 02:52 AM

The black wire is ground, the red wire is positive. You can splice a connector and run it off of something else.

I don't recommend it though, your best bet is to buy a fan that is powered off a molex connector.

01-21-06, 04:55 PM	#1
ameek Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 13	installing extra fan on 6800gt need help i took this extra fan out of my old psu 280 watt. now it says its 12 v and .13 a on this fan its a little bit bigger than an amd 64 stock fan. there is a black and a red wire comming out of the fan and nothing else how do i power up this fan and the stock 6800gt fan at the same time to they run together?

01-25-06, 02:52 AM	#2
jAkUp eat. sleep. overclock. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chino, California Posts: 17,744	Re: installing extra fan on 6800gt need help The black wire is ground, the red wire is positive. You can splice a connector and run it off of something else. I don't recommend it though, your best bet is to buy a fan that is powered off a molex connector. __________________ 965xe \|\| evga x58 classified \|\| 3x evga gtx 480 \|\| 6gb g.skill \|\| win7 x64

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