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DiamondBuildsWii202

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Today I was doing a few experiments with my untrimmed wii motherboard and I foolishly tried to connect 2 fans at the same time (both required 5v) and the system crashed. When I turned it back on the fan wasn't working anymore. I tried to see if the fan or the connector broke and the fan was fine i think, but the connector was getting 0.5v which is most likely not enough for a 5v fan. What should I do? I have pictures if you need it. If you have any info about this please help. Thank you.
 
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DiamondBuildsWii202 said:
Today I was doing a few experiments with my untrimmed wii motherboard and I foolishly tried to connect 2 fans at the same time (both required 5v) and the system crashed. When I turned it back on the fan wasn't working anymore. I tried to see if the fan or the connector broke and the fan was fine i think, but the connector was getting 0.5v which is most likely not enough for a 5v fan. What should I do? I have pictures if you need it. If you have any info about this please help. Thank you.
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Does USB still work? If no you killed your 5v reg somehow and need to connect your own regulator. Shouldn't be too bad since the board is still untrimmed
 
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The wii only generates 6W of heat, so you are able to run it with just a heatsink for a few minutes, but you shouldn't do it. For the Fan I would just connect it to the nearest 5v line that outputs correctly.
 
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Yes, but messure the output as it might be not working as a result of the fan
 
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