Zalman 9700 LED mod

ThatGuy16 · 02-07-2008, 07:19 AM

buy a cheap bay fan controller, and don't hook it to the motherboard at all. Thats what i do, the zalman is too lound on high, i use it on medium 24/7.

Cleric7x9 · 02-07-2008, 07:20 AM

anybody know how big of a job it is the replace the fan?

PC eye · 02-07-2008, 10:50 PM

Never had to here! The replacement would likely come with a small guide for that however. The fan and motor are removable according to one mod performed somewhere else namely a forum on mods seen at http://www.themodnation-forums.com/v...f7a01f7c857a52

dave_w · 02-08-2008, 09:55 AM

Crappers. Looks like I'll just have to put up with either not using the PWM channel on my fan bay controller--keeping my existing fan solution--or having one ugly green LED'd Zalman. Thinking about it, I spent way too much time getting the aesthetics just the way I like them to ruin it. I'll have to post some pics of my shiny new rig, if I ever get the chance between schoolwork and law school applications.

PC eye · 02-09-2008, 03:03 AM

Here I simply went with the model seeing copper fins not aluminum as seen on the model you have there. Believe me when I say that can throw some heat away from the cpu fast. When first getting the new build here going the temps for the cpu were seen at 107C!

As soon as I ran my hand over the top of the case the heat from a fan motor was felt. The tip of one of the fan blades was hungup on a fin. I simply pushed the motor forward a little to free it up and temps dropped to 23C ilde fast!

Impulse666 · 02-09-2008, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nexolus

He has a 9700 and blue LEDs. Not the nVidia silver version though, his is solid copper.

makmillion · 02-09-2008, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

The leds are prefitted inside the fan's assembly requiring the entire fan to be replaced. You can't simply get in there with a soldering iron. You would first have to split the preformed insulating wrap the wires are inserted through.

I offered up a suggestion based on what I've seen of that particular cooler online, since, and I said this before, I've never seen it in person. I didn't claim it would work, I said it might if he could access the LEDs.

-mak

PC eye · 02-09-2008, 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by makmillion

I offered up a suggestion based on what I've seen of that particular cooler online, since, and I said this before, I've never seen it in person. I didn't claim it would work, I said it might if he could access the LEDs.

-mak

The link for the thread posted earlier goes into how someone swapped out the Zalman original for a substitute there. The problem with the leds is that those are part of the fan assembly where the entire thing has to be replaced. Replacing the model and using a 3rd party fan controller seems to be the best option if no substitute fan/led combo is found.

02-07-2008, 07:19 AM	#11 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,046	buy a cheap bay fan controller, and don't hook it to the motherboard at all. Thats what i do, the zalman is too lound on high, i use it on medium 24/7. __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.23v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: HD3870 @ 837/1152 LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ My Old 3DMark06: 20008 =(

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02-07-2008, 10:50 PM	#13 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,998	Never had to here! The replacement would likely come with a small guide for that however. The fan and motor are removable according to one mod performed somewhere else namely a forum on mods seen at http://www.themodnation-forums.com/v...f7a01f7c857a52 __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

02-09-2008, 03:03 AM	#15 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,998	Here I simply went with the model seeing copper fins not aluminum as seen on the model you have there. Believe me when I say that can throw some heat away from the cpu fast. When first getting the new build here going the temps for the cpu were seen at 107C! As soon as I ran my hand over the top of the case the heat from a fan motor was felt. The tip of one of the fan blades was hungup on a fin. I simply pushed the motor forward a little to free it up and temps dropped to 23C ilde fast! __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

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02-08-2008, 09:55 AM	#14 (permalink)
dave_w Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 156	Crappers. Looks like I'll just have to put up with either not using the PWM channel on my fan bay controller--keeping my existing fan solution--or having one ugly green LED'd Zalman. Thinking about it, I spent way too much time getting the aesthetics just the way I like them to ruin it. I'll have to post some pics of my shiny new rig, if I ever get the chance between schoolwork and law school applications.

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