Rampage IV Extreme Fan Headers

[BobbyLou]

Does anyone know how many amps and watts each of the fan headers supports for this board? Couldn't find anything in the manual, tried phoning in to the support line but I just spoke to a mindless drone who doesn't even know what a motherboard is.

Thanks in advance!

[KaptCrunch]

1amp (12watts) per fan heaDER

[BobbyLou]

Well I guess I am blind.

I am assuming all the 4 pins (not just the cpu) are 12w?

[BrainEater]

Probably not actually.....I've gone through my mobo book, you are right ,it doesnt say.

I'd say stick below 3 watts (250 mA).I think you'll find most fans are below that anyways.

[BobbyLou]

if i am using fans that are .6 watts I can run 4 of them off the CPU Header right? Should be more then enough power?

[SugarJ]

I'd say it should be OK, but I'd run them off another header rather than the CPU fan, in case you do have problems and burn out a header.

[BobbyLou]

Yah, makes sense.

My friend ran his 3.25 DDC pump (20w) off his fan header and fried the header and part of the pcb got burned in the process. Doesn't sound fun. o.O

[coleo]

8 fan headers and you need to run 4 off 1???
how many fans are you running all together?
is this machine going to hover 2 inches off the ground?

[BobbyLou]

Originally Posted by coleo

8 fan headers and you need to run 4 off 1???
how many fans are you running all together?
is this machine going to hover 2 inches off the ground?

just makes for cleaner cabling

[KaptCrunch]

Originally Posted by BobbyLou

Well I guess I am blind.

I am assuming all the 4 pins (not just the cpu) are 12w?

correct all are PWM fan header (4 pin) @ 1A 12W

older MB's 3 wire supported 2A 24W

thats why best use online manual for getting revised current info