Making a USB desk fan from spare CPU fan

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Making a USB desk fan from spare CPU fan - Lemmy.world

If I wanted to make a USB desk fan from a spare CPU fan (input: 12V, 0.15A), could I just solder a resistor to the positive lead of the USB wire? I plan on getting an adjustable voltage booster, but I was curious if this was possible. I think I would need a 13 ohm resistor for USB 3.0.

I have made this but with a couple of batteries in series, it works fine so why wouldn't it with 5v USB power.