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Cathar · 01-24-2005, 04:09 PM

Yes, 13W of power will fry a fan header. 12W is rather generous for most headers too. I've fried mobo fan headers with just 8W of power draw. Personally I would never put more than 6W on a mobo fan header.

01-24-2005, 04:09 PM	#12
Cathar Thermophile Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,538	Yes, 13W of power will fry a fan header. 12W is rather generous for most headers too. I've fried mobo fan headers with just 8W of power draw. Personally I would never put more than 6W on a mobo fan header.