I need a silent 30mm-40mm system fan... Do You Know Where To Buy IT?

I just bought this system fan for my new Nintendo Wii:

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10086694&catid=

http://www.futureshop.ca/multimedia/products/large/10086694.jpg

I have a problem with it, and that is the fact that it is loud as heck!! I dunno what the heck they thought when they made it. Well I just wanted to know if anyone knows where I can buy a silent fan that measures 30mm to 40mm???

I want to desolder the fan in this and solder a new silent one. If so is there anything I should worry about when doing this modification? Such as wattage power or something...


Thanks

 

Hey I followed the advice in a pm someone sent me. I looked on newegg and found some great stuff. I made a choice as to the 40mm replacement fan I want to use which is this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835191002


My question is...

Can this be switched with the fan in the intec wii cooler I bought? I ask for electrical purposes which I don't know much about. Put it this way... Read the specs of the replacement fan I chose and than compare them with the fan specs on the wii fan cooler.

Intec Wii Fan Cooler Specs: [this is what it says on the round sticker of the fan]

- SLEEVE BEARING
- DC05V
- 0.21A
- & of course it's 40mm by my measurements


Please compare all the electrical stuff because I do not know. I basically don't want to desolder the fan in the wii intec cooler and than solder the silent new one I'll buy and find out the my nintendo wii breaks down of a electrical failure or something. I just want to match the specs of both fans to know it will work 100%. But I know nothing about electrical stuff when it comes to fans. I don't want the new fan to over exceed the requirements. I guess under achieving the requirements is ok. I dunno.

 

The Wii fan specs state that it requires 5v DC, .21A... the Silenx fan at Egghead requires 8-14v (it doesn't say AC or DC, I'm assuming it's DC) and only .04A... So it depends on if the Wii unit kicks out a minimum of 8vDC thru the fan's connector on the Wii's circuit board. Try to find another 5vDC fan 'cuz the Silenx fan might work, it might spin slow, or might not work at all. I'm not a total expert in these things, but I do know that you should, at the very least, get a fan with the same voltage and amperage as the fan you're replacing. If I'm wrong, I'm sure someone will come along and let you know... good luck!

hd2k

 

Thank you very much for your reply. I will look for another fan that can match the specs the intec wii cooling usb fan has. The problem is it's hard as hell to find silent 40mm fans. That silent X one I found on newegg was the first I found in two days. I'll try to look around more but if anyone knows somewhere I can find one with the same specs please tell me.

 

Take a look here: http://cablesunlimited.resultspage.com/search?w=40mm&x=12&y=6 Another thing you could try would be an electronics dealer either locally in your town, or try Jameco's web site (www.jameco.com I think). Jameco sells ALL kinds of electronics stuff from keyboards to transistors, LED's to CAT5 connectors, and yes, they have all kinds of fans too.... definitely worth a look! GOOD LUCK!!!!

hd2k

 

Does it matter what kind of "A" thing it uses. For example the wii fan says it has a "0.21A". I don't know if that is something to do with power or the sound of the fan...

 

This may help others in need of this fan, since this thread is old. The 5 volts for the fan are required, as for it being .21a it can change. That is the current draw the fan takes to run, if you use your multimeter to check it when it was new it would read .21a at a no load amp reading. As the fan gets older (bearings wear/dry out) this will increase as it will have a load and take more amps to run the fan, burning the motor out quicker. Here is a link for a new fan http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/436576-fan-5vdc-40x10mm-1-2w-8-0cfm-kde0504pfv1-11-ms-a-gn.html this one is a bit larger than your old one since it will draw a current of .24 amps and a noise level of 32 dBA. If you want a little less noise you can go with the KDE0504PFV2.11.MS.A.GN model 27 dBa but you will drop a CFM 7 instead of 8 (airflow). Good luck everyone.