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I just switched my case fan in my PC that has an Antec True430 PSU. Had a Panaflo in there and put in my PC Power & Cooling Silencer instead. The fan didn't kick on at first. The room's quite cool at the moment and I have the case cover off. Hitting the fan blades with my finger I got it started and it's going slow. I measured the voltage going to the fan and it's 5 volts DC. Now, this is a 12 volt fan and the Antec manual shows 12 volts for the connector. I realize that this PSU regulates the speed of case fans and the PSU fans. Does it do this by lowering the voltage to 5 volts from 12 volts (at least on the case fans)?
I'm concerned that the Silencer doesn't seem to want to get going on 5 volts. Will the Antec kick up the voltage to 12 volts as soon as it deems it's time to do so (i.e. things are getting hot)? If so, I assume the Silencer will get going and then the Antec can slow things down by supplying 5 volts when things cool down. Thanks for any info.
I'm concerned that the Silencer doesn't seem to want to get going on 5 volts. Will the Antec kick up the voltage to 12 volts as soon as it deems it's time to do so (i.e. things are getting hot)? If so, I assume the Silencer will get going and then the Antec can slow things down by supplying 5 volts when things cool down. Thanks for any info.