just a quick one, probably a silly question, i replaced the xbox fan with a cool 8cm one with 4 diff coloured led's. I switched the fan speed with the 12v mod (split the black ground wire and taped it to the heat shield), noisy as hell by the way, but the led's shine much much brighter. anyway, the fan blades face the same way round as the xbox fan did before it, but it blows a friggin gail out the back of the xbox, i assumed it would need turning around if thats the case as the gadgets inside would want all the nice air blowing over them....is this the case, do xbox fans and normal pc case fans spin the same way, am i talking out my ass...someone please advise before i take it to bits again and turn the fan round.... its just that i sat and watched the cpu temp go up right infront of me on the 'dashboard' settings screen. regards...jim
Hi Jimmy, what are your system temps?? If it's blowing the gail out of the back then that is the side I would want facing inwards. Apparently, it's blowing stronger air from that side. As far as rotation the fan spins clockwise.
I would still have the air blow outwards,if you flip the fan around the cpu temps usually stay the same and only the mobo temps go down. If you want you can buy a 1-2 (5v) inch fan from the rat shack and splice into a 5 volt power and install an intake fan on the front left side. Even just a small fan that would blow across the mobo towards the exhaust fan will do wonders. You can also replace the thermal paste under your cpu and gpu with some nice arctic silver....this will make a huge difference. I wouldn't worry about temps until they get above 60 degrees celcius,a good temp to be running at is anywhere between 45 and 55 degrees. The machine should shut itself off at about 72 degrees as a safety feature.
