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Strange Board Attached to Fan on DOL-001 Unit?

Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 8:43 pm
by Slex989
i noticed this when transplanting my DOL-001 to a New Platinum Case... It Seems To have an extra connector to the motherboard and is not present at all on Later Model Cubes i own. what exactly is this and why is it not present in my DOL-101 Cubes?

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Re: Strange Board Attached to Fan on DOL-001 Unit?

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 11:47 am
by novenary
This is the voltage regulator module. It's integrated to the mainboard on later models. No digital output freed up some room for it.

Re: Strange Board Attached to Fan on DOL-001 Unit?

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:40 pm
by Slex989
Streetwalker wrote:
Sun Jul 22, 2018 11:47 am
This is the voltage regulator module. It's integrated to the mainboard on later models. No digital output freed up some room for it.
but this is on my DOL-001... not the 101. 101 is later model???

Re: Strange Board Attached to Fan on DOL-001 Unit?

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 8:23 pm
by boredomca
It's an internal power supply. Feeds the correct power to the proper places, that's all.

Re: Strange Board Attached to Fan on DOL-001 Unit?

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 10:11 pm
by novenary
Slex989 wrote:
Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:40 pm
Streetwalker wrote:
Sun Jul 22, 2018 11:47 am
This is the voltage regulator module. It's integrated to the mainboard on later models. No digital output freed up some room for it.
but this is on my DOL-001... not the 101. 101 is later model???
Yes.