Silly Fan Orientation Question

Crilly · 4 Jul 2008 at 15:17

Ok I have a Lian Li PC-7 case, with a bs-02 fan. Because of the huge heatsink on my hd2900xt I had to take it apart to get it to fit. Now I've got a hd 4870 and I'm putting it back together as it fits again.

But it appears the orientation of the bs-02 is wrong. It's supposed to be an intake but it appears to be an outty.

General rule of thumb, sticker side = air in your face side. so why does the bs-02 look like this?

It wouldn't be a problem, I could just simply flip the fan around... except the fan has special holes for the thumb screws on one side.

Darg · 4 Jul 2008 at 15:27

Which side is facing the outside of your case? Could you not simply flip the bs-02 over, the screw holes appear the same at the top as at the bottom.

It seems correctly set up here:
http://lousyhero.com/blaze/a05p4.jpg

Though without the back shown on your image.

Crilly · 4 Jul 2008 at 15:53

It should look like this

But the fan is definately orientated wrong. I tried flipping the whole thing, it just about fits but the metal octagon is just touching the top of the hd4870 which is slightly annoying. Plus the fan doesn't have a funnel of air anymore as there is about an inch between the fan and the case sidepanel.

EsaT · 4 Jul 2008 at 16:36

Crilly said:
General rule of thumb, sticker side = air in your face side. so why does the bs-02 look like this?
http://www.lian-li.com/v2/tw/product/BS-01-b.jpg

Maybe because you're looking it from direction where it blows?

Having intake in side near back does more for messing airflow through case than increasing it.

Darg said:
It seems correctly set up here:
http://lousyhero.com/blaze/a05p4.jpg

Yeah, right...
Exhaust on bottom, nothing but intake on top.