rockman11
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What have you guys bought as replacement fans for a CPS2 A board? Googling has led me to believe that Papst fans are apparently the bomb, but I thought I'd get the communal opinion. Thanks!
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Good call on the oil--might have to try that. I believe the fans are 60mm tall x 15mm deep. I think...
Thanks guys! I actually found a part on eBay with the 2 pin connector the mobo uses. Thanks so much for your help though!
Here are the fans I got:
http://www.galco.com/buy/EBM-Papst/612FL?source=AdWords&gclid=CPvWqKL-g7UCFUQw4AodkAcAsg
They're a lil spendy on this site, but I got 1 one eBay for like $10. They're supposedly dead silent and no mods are needed to plug 'em into the mobo. Just plug 'n' play! At least I hope so...haha
WAY too much money for a tiny little fan. I don't care how quiet it is. You do realize that the fan is inside of a plastic enclosure hidden below the monitor, inside of a wood game cabinet? Any fan noise created by a $2 fan will more than be drowned out by the monitor hum, game noises, and muffled by the game cab. Save your money and put any fan in there that matches the specs.
As far as the plug and play option goes, I doubt this replacement fan has the exact same lead length, which means some modifications will still need to be made, since the original fan wires are routed and wire tied alongside the pcb anyway. What I did was to de-solder the original wire harness from the point of entry on the old fan, and re attach them to the replacement fan. No mess, no splicing. Anyone who's brave enough to open up their CPS2 boards should have enough knowledge about soldering to attach a few fan wires.