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Unread 08-28-2002, 05:22 PM   #4
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Originally posted by jtroutma
What you could try and do is use a 12V rail and a 5V rail together so you can get the fan up to 18V ......... that is if you are shotting for some realy nice CFM scores yet fairly quite operation.
Actually, that would be 17V... but details, details...

In order to do that, you'd have to use the -12 and +5, or the -5 and +12 lines. Double check the power ratings of your PSU on those negative lines, because they're usually pretty low.

Since the +5 line is critical, I'd go with the +12 and -5 option.

If you want 24V, you could go -12 with +12, with the above caution.

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