Making server PSUs quieter

[jstew]

Sorry for the delay. No update as of yet. There was a hold up with the breakout board. Courier lost it at a depot or something.

A sort of update is I think I've found the name of the fan connector. Its a 4pin micro JST connector. From what I've seen there are different types with different pin pitches so taken a guess on a pair (male and female bare ended) just to see if they match up. If they do I can cut and join to a regular 4 pin connector and see what happens.

I'm hoping the fan is temp controlled as it says something about temp on the pcb when I opened it up.

ive seen this on ebay,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-Bitmain-Antminer-S9-and-or-S7-IBM-2880W-PSU-Power-Supply-Kit-208V-Bitcoin-/252733697377?hash=item3ad81a2d61:g:AR0AAOSwLs5XK5A4
 ive never used on and dont know if the guys is a member here, im half tempted though as id love to be able to run some 2880's at home

maybe somone on theese boards knows something about this setup

[Finksy]

MarkAZ was making some acrylic replacement case covers that incorporated a PWM fan controller and mounting for a 120mm fan, they looked identical to that one.  That could be him, or they are getting it from him.  I did the same by cutting and modifying a case in the same way and it will keep up with cooling no problem.  On top of the significant noise savings, you save quite a bit of wasted wattage with a single 120mm fan for airflow instead of the 3x jet engines.

[jstew]

MarkAZ was making some acrylic replacement case covers that incorporated a PWM fan controller and mounting for a 120mm fan, they looked identical to that one.  That could be him, or they are getting it from him.  I did the same by cutting and modifying a case in the same way and it will keep up with cooling no problem.  On top of the significant noise savings, you save quite a bit of wasted wattage with a single 120mm fan for airflow instead of the 3x jet engines.

what do u have to do to prevent the psu from shutting down due to the stock fans being removed , i have a boatload of s3 and s4 fans i could use to mod some psus for home use

[gt_addict]

Thats exactly what im teying to find out. Im hoping iust a splice into a larger fan wiring will be enough. But just waiting on parts to be delivered before i can start.

[jstew]

Thats exactly what im teying to find out. Im hoping iust a splice into a larger fan wiring will be enough. But just waiting on parts to be delivered before i can start.

with yours i would just cut the connector off the stock fan and wire it to the fan ur trying to install , then just plug it back into the stock location.that would take care of everything as then u wouldnt have to trick the psu into thinking the stock fan was still there

sp20's used what apears to be the same fan connector , i have a couple here if u want me to dig one out and take a picture , if its the same u could get a fan out of an sp20 and just plug it in without having to splice anything

[jstew]

thats out of an sp20


edit had to resize pics

[gt_addict]

Thanks for the pictures. Does look very similar.

Not sure there are an SP20's available cheaply enough for just a fan here in the UK.