fan control and monitering..... a little help :)

bandyleg

bandyleg

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Hi everyone,
I currently have installed a corsair h100i and I am confident that the link 2 software doesn't do its job.
I say this because I have set custom curves on my fans and when temperatures go up the fans just dont speed up accordingly.

Does anybody else have this issue or does anybody have an idea if I may have missed something.

I have installed 3 corsair sp120 quiet edition and one AF series these are connected to the corsair pump via the splitters provided. I also have another AF series connected directly to the motherboard (this one, link2 doesn't even know it's there).

Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
With regards to the one connected to the mainboard it won't know it's there. The link software doesn't read fans not connected to it.

I assume that the other fans (3 SP and 1AF) are all 3pin. The H100i has issues with 3pin fans that aren't the ones supplied with the unit however when I tried a 4pin PWM fan it was ok to a degree (The link software isn't spectacular anyway).

From that, using logical thinking, I believe Corsair have pre-programmed the H100i with the specs of the stock fans and when you're plugging other 3pin fan in it's assuming that they're the stock ones, getting a false RPM reading because of the differing fan speeds (stock ones are 2700rpm) and confusing it's self.

I have SP120 Performance fans on mine but I run mine separately from the H100i. My fans are controlled by PWM via a custom-built (by a forum member) adaptor and connected to my CPU PWM. I've then plugged the H100i sensor wire (for pump speed) into a SYS fan connector.
 
Ok thanks, that all makes perfect sense.
Yes your right they are 3 pin fans.
I am actually following the thread that relates to the component your referring too.

Is there software besides speedfan that will give me control of my fans?
I know I can use the setting on the motherboard but I prefer to have a visual thing rather than a set it and hope for the best.

If these questions have been asked and answered feel free to point me there I just couldn't seem to find anything relevant when I searched.
 
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For me Speedfan works very well at controlling my fans and has done since the day several years ago when I set it up. It works even better now that I control via PWM and my little converter circuit. :)

I did try the Gigabyte Easytune software but prefer Speedfan as it is lightweight and just works without arseing about.
 
Ok thanks for the info. Has the getting hot issue been overcome on the converter? I havnt finished reading your post as I only found it a couple of days ago.
 
I use a proper TO-220 heatsink and a slightly more efficient circuit to reduce the heat loss in the transistor. I don't even use a heatsink on mine and it's fine but fit them to all I sell just in case someone loads them up. Its not been an issue since the early days where I'd throw a dozen fans on the circuit during development stages. :)
 
You will need to activate your trust for me to send you a message. This board doesn't have PMs like other boards. When you get it set up send me a message.

You have a strange set up with 3 of one type and 1 of another. I don't suppose it really matters but you may find the AF will run at a slightly different speed to the SP given the same voltage. I assume all 4 are fitted to the radiator.
 
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Yeh I would imagine it will. I have two sp120 on the radiator exhausting out of the top of my case and I have 1 sp120 in the bottom part of the front of the case blowing across my hdds nd then the af120 is above that blowing air directly into the case. It sounds odd but it works well and keeps my system at temperatures I am happy with. Cpu 58 underload clocked at 4ghz i5 3750k.
 
I can tell you that I have a "Mk1" (one of the early development models) converter without the proper heatsink and mine is also wrapped in vinyl (which I did to help camouflage it) and I've had no heat issues with it running the 2 SP Performance fans in the 8/9 months it's been running.
 
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You will need to activate your trust for me to send you a message. This board doesn't have PMs like other boards. When you get it set up send me a message.

You have a strange set up with 3 of one type and 1 of another. I don't suppose it really matters but you may find the AF will run at a slightly different speed to the SP given the same voltage. I assume all 4 are fitted to the radiator.
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How do i activate trust... yeh yeh call me stupid but I cant see how to activate it and a search brings up loads of threads that dont seem to be related.
 
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bandyleg said:
How do i activate trust... yeh yeh call me stupid but I cant see how to activate it and a search brings up loads of threads that dont seem to be related.
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It's been years since I did it and can't remember, although I don't think it is very difficult.

The forum itself says this..

The Forum said:
trust activation is either found in your UserCP, or you can press the trust button that appears at the bottom of all your posts.
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yeh ive tried that through my cp and also clicking trust on both our posts and it just asks me to find so i type youre name then my name and nothing but it also says please log in, but clearly im already logged and there is no option to log in.

on top of that for some reason I cant upload images it will only let me link via a http and i dont have a drop box account and have no need for one. arggh starting to get a little cheesed off.
 
You have to log into Trust as well as the forum as it is somewhat separate from the forum. When I log in to trust I have to use my forum username and password to log in. Once I've done that I can then use the Trust button to send a message to a user.

Trust basically allows one user to send an email to another without revealing your email address to the sender. You then reply via email rather than through the forum.
 
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Got it!! trustr was popping up in a small box, I tried the obvious full screen mode and it then showed me the option to log in!!

Such a schoolboy error haha
 
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