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Old July 17, 2011, 02:27 PM
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It would be great if it would slow down my noisy fan, but what is it?
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Old July 17, 2011, 02:37 PM
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That's a custom speed mod to lower the voltage delivered from the power supply to the fan. The little round device with the 4 bands of different colour is called a resistor.
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Old July 17, 2011, 02:42 PM
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looks like one of the resistors that came with Zalman fans. Plug it in and see what voltage you get on the other side of the resistor.... probably somewhere between 7 to 9 volts, I think.
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at first i thought it was one adapter that came with geforce 7800 cards, but the conenctors are emant for 3 pin case fans from what i can see...

weird anyway
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Old July 17, 2011, 03:08 PM
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I've got a handful of them from my Zalman ZM-F3's, it's definitely a voltage reducer for a fan as Ari and Per said.
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Old July 17, 2011, 05:01 PM
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just found it in my desk...and just what i need. rare occurrence! :)
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