Hi everyone,

I have a DL380 G8 server with a pretty hot raid controller, which crank the fans up in the server;

I would like to add a small 40x10 noctua fan on top of its heatsink but I don’t know how can I power the fan in such a server… I thought about USB to PWM connectors but it doesn’t feel right…

There are 10pins connector inside the server, but buying a 10 pin to molex then molex to pwm feels weird too… maybe

Did any of you did something similar ? What are your idea to power the fan ?

Thank you!

  • @Starb3an
    1•10 months ago

    Is there an extra PWM slot on the motherboard? You might be able to set that particular PWM in the BIOS if so. You could also use the splitter the noctua provides and piggy back off of another fan.

    • KraftingOP
      2•10 months ago

      It’s a HP server, therefore, no extra fan header, and the current fans are a proprietary standard, I could solder something… but I’d like to keep all the default fan in there…

      • @Starb3an
        2•10 months ago

        Ahh I have no experience with that so I will bow out to the experts.