With the experience of this controller, I may not just want to get a replacement. I did call them for rma and still trying to decide whether to ship it back or not. Plus, they don't have any unit in my color. Also a bit of post traumatic experience.. :( don't want to be burnt twice.. Since many read...

I have a Sunbeamtech.com Chromatic Windmill fan controller. It lasted about 6 months. After a few months of usage, it managed to lose the settings on Mondays if I didn't turn it on on weekends(I have changed the battery twice) Then, couple weeks ago, during lunch time when I wasn't next to the machi...

The S12 is softer than the SFlex21E and P12 but it is not a good fan for heatsink due to weaker static pressure. The P12 & Sflex at full speed are comparable to me. Given Sflex is almost half the price of P12, I can probably use 2 Sflex in a push pull fashion(if one is not enough) at about the same ...

The dell CPU cooler should be sufficient if any changes you made didn't lower its air flow. (simple thing I would do is to put a probe in the case to measure the temperature before & after I turn off the extra fans) However, that may not be sufficient since you actually need to replace the fans with...

Don't have a PowerEdge 1900 but just did my old Dell 8300. It seems that you have more fans than you need. What kind of fans do the Dell come with? I thought many Nexus 92mm models have 3-pins. Actually, I deal with more 3-pin fans than 4-pins. And I keep thinking Europeans make the best fans :? I c...

Can we attach a long sheet of toilet paper and measure how far a fan can blow the paper above 50/75% of the original height in order to figure out how much fan pressure give off in a particular configuration?

Or is there any better ad hoc test?

Thanks Bill for the tips. I was thinking.. I can probably do without the soldering. i) I pull the plug out of the mobo (very gently), took about 5 mins and plug a regular 3-pin fan in (just make sure you match the red and black cables with the original). Viola.. I got through the bios without error....

There are 3 wires to the Dell CPU fan plug. red, black and white. Is the white one for the speed(the spec said tach)? Do I just match them back to the red, black, yellow wires on a regular fan? Never solder before, guess it is like melting cheese :wink: People replacing the Dell fan with a quieter o...

I contacted Scythe and they tested theirs without problem. Therefore, they said mine may be defective. (It could also be combination of the fan and the board but the board controls the Noctua fans just fine) So, now I have the option to either RMA back to Scythe or to the vendor. Wonder if it makes ...

It is a evga 680i SE board. It has 5 fan controls in the bios (2 of them smart control which you can specify rules to raise the speed under what temperature) and 1 VREG by default use onboard control unit (I have no idea what that means) The board has 5 3-pin fan plugs and 1 4-pin CPU fan plug. So, ...

yep, I agree the SFlex21E is definitely better on the heatsink than the S12. If you really want to drop the temperature, get 2 of them and do a push pull configuration. And/or lap your heatsink and use Ceramique - people swear by 10c difference. (I don't know yet.. I am going to try it out tmw on my...

I feel like an idiot! :oops: I turned both machines on when I compared them side by side. Well, the louder one drown out the quiet (SFLEX side) .. I realized that when I turned the Dell off and turn the other machine on in a few seconds. Now, I realized I am precondition to a loud fan. At least this...

Yep, I read through some of the forum posts. People seem to be happy with the Accelro . Apparently the rev.2 is the only one that fits the 8600GT.

ps. The noctua fans are expensive.. I would love to use the SFlex except I couldn't manage to drop its speed without making the loud DeeDee sound..

eVga or Nvidia has a tool call Ntune, which is gonna be in the top 10 most cursed tool ever existed. I used it as well as bios to control fans like the AC Freezer Pro 7 just fine. And it works with the Noctua P12 and S12 (with some statics profile on the P12). The SFlex 21E produces a loud Morse cod...

Thanks for the reply, Mike. It is an odd 3 pin connector. I thought of either reusing it or cut out the plug on the mobo to make it fit. I am not unsure how to handle the alarm trap if I replace it with another fan. The other thing I am unsure is this is a thermistor controlled fan so the replacemen...

Hi, I bought 2 of these MSI 8600GT-OC cards thinking I can adjust the clock and memory and also the fan to lower speed when I don't need run demanding 3D applications. Well, I didn't know MSI has a non-referenced cooling solution. So, the standard Nvidia ntune, speedfan, ATitool can't control this f...

Hi, My old dell fan is getting noisy so I think it is time to replace the thermistor fan. It is a JMC/Datech DS9238-12HBTL-A fan, runs about $15 at Dell. I am wondering if I can replace it other 92mm fans. I search the web and people said this fan use a special plug and if the mobo is not plug in wi...

Hi, I bought the 9dba, 20cfm model thinking I can either use it for the case's 92mm slot or for the VGA card strap on (to replace VGA stock fan). However, this fan is very weak in moving air so I am thinking to exchange to a more powerful fan. (sigh.. I didn't think of getting a more power model and...

Thanks for the reply. I just found out we have a VGA cooler forum.. Sorry for posting here.. I only bookmarked the fans and control forum so I didn't even know the other existed.. I think you are right with the air part. I tried 50mm, 60, 80, 92, even 120 fans, it is about 5c above the stock fan at ...

My MSI 8600GT card fan (55mm) is very loud so I tried to replace it. I got the SilenX ixtrema 9dba, 20cfm version 92mm fan which is very quiet. (I read the review on the 14dba version which was why I tried to get this low flow version) I strapped this fan to the side of the heatsink. Unfortunately, ...

That is good to know.. hmm I turned off the throttling during OC.. I guess I should turn it back on.. I was trying to figure out how to control these fans without using the mobo PWM. I see people usually have a controller or use an adapter with resistor or simply supply lower voltage.(not sure how e...

That pic is going to get me out shopping for slipstream

The SFlex and the Noctua both have 150K hrs rating instead of 30K. Would that mean something on its longitivity? I guess I am less worried about replacing the fans than when they stop working without telling me.. I had a board toasted once that way long time ago. I don't like the howling of the P12 ...

I suspected it was the PWM since there is no DDDDD at 100%. This may be a stupid question. Is all the bios controlled fan speed all PWM? How can you a 3-pin head plug on your mobo is voltage controlled vs PWM controlled? I have a 4-pin head plug for the CPU fan so I thought that was the only PWM con...

How loud is the Accelero Turbo? I usually start with the smallest fans cus they usually make the most noise. I replace them with big quiet fans first and check the temperature conditions under load. I am shopping for a VGA cooler for my 8600 GT (darn, I didn't get the silent edition).. After the fan...

My P12 is a bit loud at full speed.. but fine with the LNA. The slip stream has only MTBF 30K hrs which was why I got the SFlex and the Noctua instead. I hate changing fans :wink: So far, I don't like the Noctua S12 since it doesn't seem to pull enough air through the case. And I can't figure out ho...

The S12 doesn't pull enough hotair out of the case after I replaced my Thermaltake TT-1225 rear exhaust & front intake fans with two S12. The temperature raise by 4-6c idle.. and moved up too fast under load (I didn't let it finish..) Now, I put a P12 in the rear exhaust (at full speed) and S12 at f...

I connected this fan to my nForce Fan controller (the original nforce is a 50mm noisy fan spinning at 6000rpm) on the 680i board and set it to 50%. It whines with a steady but medium loud DDDDDDDDDD sound. I tried 90 80 85 60 also.. none of that work.. I also tried the chassis fan plug, same thing.....

MSI & others use non referenced cooling in their vga card. Therefore, the standard drivers won't be able to control them. You have to use MSI driver & software (The MSI Duo Core Center) & you have to have their MSI motherboard and running XP. Otherwise, you need third party cooling solutions. I have...