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<blockquote data-quote="revs" data-source="post: 847746" data-attributes="member: 42810"><p>I removed the old fan.</p><p> </p><p>I then chopped the wires (as I cannot find an adapter, or what the current fan connector MSI use is - its not a standard connector)</p><p> </p><p>I used a 'Arctic Cooling Arctic F9 Pro TC' fan. This has its own thermometer to control the fan speed. Its only 3 wires, the original fan has 4, so you just dont connect the wire that send the signal back to the machine - this means on bootup the machine will complain as it thinks the fan is broken.</p><p> </p><p>The other option is to buy a PWM fan (Arctic Cooling make many) - as these will have all 4 fan cables, and the computer can then regulate fan speed.</p><p> </p><p>As for placement - I just started drilling lots of holes, it took a long time to drill through the metal, and kept drilling until the hole was about fan sized.</p><p> </p><p>I then drilled holes for the fan's screws</p><p> </p><p>I passed the fan cables out through one of the unused holes at the back of the machine. Do this before attaching the fan to the original fan cables that you snilled earlier - or they wont fit through the holes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To be honest - I'd suggest that if possible you get a refund then look at a different machine. Not sure why i didnt!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="revs, post: 847746, member: 42810"] I removed the old fan. I then chopped the wires (as I cannot find an adapter, or what the current fan connector MSI use is - its not a standard connector) I used a 'Arctic Cooling Arctic F9 Pro TC' fan. This has its own thermometer to control the fan speed. Its only 3 wires, the original fan has 4, so you just dont connect the wire that send the signal back to the machine - this means on bootup the machine will complain as it thinks the fan is broken. The other option is to buy a PWM fan (Arctic Cooling make many) - as these will have all 4 fan cables, and the computer can then regulate fan speed. As for placement - I just started drilling lots of holes, it took a long time to drill through the metal, and kept drilling until the hole was about fan sized. I then drilled holes for the fan's screws I passed the fan cables out through one of the unused holes at the back of the machine. Do this before attaching the fan to the original fan cables that you snilled earlier - or they wont fit through the holes. To be honest - I'd suggest that if possible you get a refund then look at a different machine. Not sure why i didnt! [/QUOTE]
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