Changing the fans on the Antec P183

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SpiralTrance
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Changing the fans on the Antec P183

Post by SpiralTrance » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:35 pm

Hi,

Are the tricool fans hard wired to the speed switches on a P183 or do they disconnect like normal 120mm fans with out having to physcialy cut anything?

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Post by tehfire » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:58 pm

They are hard-wired to a switch, which then runs to a molex power connector. It's possible (and very easy) to unscrew the switches from the back of the case, so they can be removed with the stock fans.

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Post by SpiralTrance » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:05 pm

Cool, what size screwdriver do I need to unscrew them?

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Post by tehfire » Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:09 am

Not sure, but a medium-sized Philips screwdriver should do the trick...

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