On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 09:18:21AM +0200, thomas wrote: > > > So my idea is: I open the power supply, flip the fan so that it blows > > cool air from outside into the case, voila, much less noise. Is this a > > good idea or rather stupid? > > bad idea. you will move all the hot air in the case. if your man enough > take you PSU apart and mod your fans to 7V, that will make it almost > unhearable!
IIRC you need to switch the fan on and off in rapid succession, it's called pulse width modulation. Presumably, it's better for the electronics inside the fan. Cheers, Joost
