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Brians256 · 11-01-2002, 01:24 PM

Somebody dissin PWM fan control? Avast maties and prepare to be boarded! PWM is MUCH better in many ways than rheostats, voltage regulators and such. The ONLY drawback to it is that it doesn't work well with some fans because they stutter or whine when PWM'ed.

Home brewed PWM works just fine on my home system, thank you.

If you don't like the stutter or whine and you don't want to switch fan vendor or model, up the PWM frequency and stick a big cap on the output to turn it into a voltage controller.

11-01-2002, 01:24 PM	#7
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Somebody dissin PWM fan control? Avast maties and prepare to be boarded! PWM is MUCH better in many ways than rheostats, voltage regulators and such. The ONLY drawback to it is that it doesn't work well with some fans because they stutter or whine when PWM'ed. Home brewed PWM works just fine on my home system, thank you. If you don't like the stutter or whine and you don't want to switch fan vendor or model, up the PWM frequency and stick a big cap on the output to turn it into a voltage controller.