Hi guys. I know this may be a stupid question to some of you but I'm still new to computers. I recently removed my Rear fan on my HP6000 pro tower to clean it and I'm not sure which way to install it back. Does the fan need to blow air out of the case or into the case? It also has a fan at the front which blows air into the CPU radiator/heat sink which is obvious to me but I'm not sure about the rear fan. Please help
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Rear fans are exhausts
So
It blows out the case right? Sorry for being a newbie pain in the butt
Jet-Fighter7700
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look carefully at the fan casing itself,
should be arrows marking rotation direction and air flow direction.
not a newbie question at all, we all had to start somewhere.
should be arrows marking rotation direction and air flow direction.
not a newbie question at all, we all had to start somewhere.
The Voice
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This.
The indicator is usually along the outer edge somewhere. Alternatively, just power the PC up with the fan connected and feel which way it's blowing.
YeaNutz
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That's a clean PCB I must say.
upup
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If you want a dusty computer, let it blow inside
Not mine, front and back blow in while top blows out...simple thermodynamics.
Yea, there are edge cases, but that’s far from the norm.
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You've made a positive pressure example, can work depending on the case