thx, i found out mine is the intuos 3 ptz-1231-w and i checked the back and its uses 300mA so if I find a fan thats 5v and under 200mA, i've found some stuff on ebay and dealextreme but they dont put all the information(mA, volts etc..)thx for the help now i can start building and planning for the shape n stuff

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I'm not sure if i can share the power coming from my pc to my intuos a4 via USB to power an external fan, will this effect my intuos 3 a4. I'm just afraid i'll short my intuos somehow and ill have to buy another one and rightnow moneywise things are looking kinda bleak. Neway any info on this would help.

So I  have the intuos 3 xl bigguns version and I want to use the power coming from the usb to power an external fan so I can build my canelatiq which would be a bigguns and I want it to have some good ventilation. I have all my stuff ready to have it built(acrylic, bolts screws, ffc etc) but I dunno about the sharing power from Intuos's usb to power a fan so it stays cool.

sweet ima person, n i wanna post queeeeeesssstioooons of course but not here, its just an intro ya kna, im a amateurish blender modeler, 2d, 3d animation web coder etc..blah blah nerd terd