Modding Fan on docking station

SoildSnake · 16 Apr 2012 at 19:12

I have the star tech dock SATSASBAY3BK and the fan is very loud. If disconnect the fan the warning buzzers goes off; this cannot be turned off. I cannot attach another fan since the connector is unique. So i was thinking of soldering on a fan mate so that i could control the level of the fan. Any other suggestions welcomed

1) Firstly would this work; or would the mod make the fan buzzer go off?

2) Secondly how would i go about doing this, i have no experience with modding/solder work

Thanks

SoildSnake · 17 Apr 2012 at 19:03

do you know what this procure is called because id like either some pictures or a video of it? Cheers

SoildSnake · 22 Apr 2012 at 14:54

Is there an easier way to do this? For example i heard that simply cutting one of the wires would turn a 12v fan into a 5v fan thus run at half the speed?

SoildSnake · 22 Apr 2012 at 16:22

Thanks for the responses

regarding cutting the fan blade what would be best (to reduce noise but allow best air flow for that amount of noise) either cutting off totally a few blades or cutting a little bit of each one?

Okay i wont simply cut anything because the 0v would probably turn on the buzzer.

I cannot swap the fan since the connector is unique. Unless you meant solder on a new fan? But that would be just as or more difficult than soldering the fan mate no?

Adding the diodes seems too difficult to do

As for more info on the issue; its an 80MM fan attached to a dock with a unique connector which takes up 2 5.25 bays. I don't know the speed of the fan but the airflow is not very much despite the noise. And there inst a great amount of space since the dock almost hits my RAM. Thanks for your help