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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (7244)	4/24/1999 4:29:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

I can't visualize where 7 intake fans would mount. Is this in the Supermicro or the Inwin? Supermicro..they are all in standard fan mounts..easy to install. There are two on each side of the drive bays blowing directly on the CDROM drives..and whatever else mounts in the external access bays..that is total four fans. The other three mount in the lower front of the case..three in a vertical series. The air comes in the lower front rises through the case..meets the air from the upper front and then exhausts through the power supply fan. How are they all powered? I picked up a bunch of power extensions from the local computer store. They are a buck or two each. You can get extensions and Y extensions to increase the available plugs. I cut into the wires and soldered/heat shrink the fan wires to the black and red leads of the power connectors..I will guess this is twelve volts. There is also a yellow wire from the power supply..maybe it is an alternate voltage?? Installing the fans was the most time consuming aspect of the build. Lots of wires and I spent some time running them in the corners of the case to keep it neat. One reason I like the removable harddrive trays with installed fan is you do not have to spend any time wiring in new fans..they just draw the power from the standard plug. I think I will set these to blow into the case. The harddrives are sealed so I do not need filtered air blowing over them. Now all I need to do is put the side panels on to see if she works as planned<g> The Celeron 300A has been running between 77 and 81 deg F. in a NON overclocked state. It used to run mid 80s when she was overclocked on the ABIT mobo. Zeuspaul