Watercool an HP DL380 G5

[Atlas1012]

I am in the process of attempting to build a custom water cooling system for a cheap rack server I picked up. I have the water blocks mounted properly and cooling is sufficient.

 

The issue I am running into is the fan control in this unit. The HP DL380 G5 uses 6 pin hot swappable 60 mm fans. I want to run the server with these disconnected since they are too loud and no longer needed. The bios/ilo throws and error that no fans are connected and shuts down.

 

Does anyone know how to create a dummy connector that will trick it into believing a fan is connected and working?

[Snipergod87]

What i saw with a quick google seach but this guy made them custom

https://community.hpe.com/t5/ProLiant-Servers-ML-DL-SL/Enable-boot-without-fans-on-HP-DL160G6/td-p/6748093

So maybe something like this, but I really don't know?

https://www.amazon.com/Wave-Pulse-Generator-Adjustable-1Hz-150KHz/dp/B01MA1M7Y9

 

Also came across this

 

[Atlas1012]

19 hours ago, Snipergod87 said:

What i saw with a quick google seach but this guy made them custom

https://community.hpe.com/t5/ProLiant-Servers-ML-DL-SL/Enable-boot-without-fans-on-HP-DL160G6/td-p/6748093

So maybe something like this, but I really don't know?

https://www.amazon.com/Wave-Pulse-Generator-Adjustable-1Hz-150KHz/dp/B01MA1M7Y9

 

Also came across this

 

That’s helpful - thanks. I’m going to try putting together a 555 pwm board to simulate a fan connection.

[nasiraod]

Hi

My apologies for reviving an old thread, but I have a question
Any chance you can tell me the parts you used for the set up, and how were you able to mount the CPU block?
I also have a DL380 G5 that I want to do this for