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Old 10-14-2003, 11:17 PM
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Default Whats the best way to control 7 case fans ??

Im going to use 7 Case Fans in my new Lian-Li PC-65 case.
2 80mm front intake
2 80mm side intake
1 120mm top outlet
2 80mm back outlet

Whats the best setup to control them?
a BayBus can only control up to 6 fans right ?
2 baybus's?
1baybus 1 rhoebus ?
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Old 10-16-2003, 01:32 PM
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do you want to be able to just turn them off or also adjust their RPM's?

i think rheobus is the right way to do it but the rheostats takes up more space than a simple switch

how about this...
have the fans near the front hooked up to a rheobus
you can try to make it yourself
try to fit 5 rheostats onto one 5.25" plate
or try the zalman one which has 4 rheobus and 2 switches

then make some switches on a pci backplate or more rheostats on a floppy plate

up to you
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Old 10-16-2003, 02:38 PM
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I want to be able to control the RPM on all of them. I want to have four lights inside also. will have have enough space to plug them all in also ? or can i use the BayBus to power them ? if you havent figured out by now, im new to this.
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Old 10-16-2003, 04:12 PM
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what happens is that each fan has 2 power cords. You only need to plug it in once then they go in a string of cords. so you only plug 1 cord from the power supply
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Old 10-16-2003, 05:07 PM
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usually a rheobus or a baybus have a molex plug
and it distributes power to the fans it is connected to

for cold cathode lights, they need inverters and usually invertors goes to a molex plug too
some rheobus such as the vantec nexus nxp-305 fan and light controller has 3 fan rheobuses and 1 light rheobus which i think is controlling molex for the fan

maybe you should go visit the computer stores and take a look at the physical designs of each rheobus/baybus and decide what is best for you

you will need 2 inverters btw for 4 lights
which comes with the lights
so you will need to have 2 switches for them
cold cathode light kits from sunbeam comes with a switch for every stick of light you buy, along with the inverter and mounting hardwares

you can just follow the guide and drill a hole and mount the switch onto your case
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Old 10-17-2003, 02:38 AM
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Can i hook up two led fans to one port on a BayBus ??
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Old 10-20-2003, 10:48 PM
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to one port?
not sure what you mean
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Old 10-21-2003, 10:24 AM
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