New cooler = no post

benjo · 22 Jun 2006 at 12:30

Hey all

I just sold a ThermalTake Volcano 11+ to a friend of mine as he wanted a better cooler for his Rig. His specs;

AMD Athlon 1800
ASRock mobo?
512mb DDR
Radeon 9550

Anywho, he plugs it in etc, and powers on. But he doesn't get anything on his screen. It doesnt post :/ So i tell him to clear the cmos, and he can get into bios, but he says all his clocks are wrong etc. So he restarts and it doesn't post again.

He then goes back to his old cooler and it does post :confused:

I really dont see how a cooler can affect a PC that much, other than drawing too much power?

Anyone else have any ideas? He'll want a refund otherwise

4T5 · 22 Jun 2006 at 12:33

Are you sure he hasn't just changed his mind and that's his exscuse. All seems strange to me. Not unless the cooler is drawing 280w and his PSU is 300w

Dodgey if you ask me i bet he didn't even fit it.

benjo · 22 Jun 2006 at 12:35

malc30 said:
Are you sure he hasn't just changed his mind and that's his exscuse. All seems strange to me. Not unless the cooler is drawing 280w and his PSU is 300w
Dodgey if you ask me i bet he didn't even fit it.

Hmm, maybe

My first thought was his power supply, but i doubt a cooler could draw that much power :eek:

benjo · 22 Jun 2006 at 12:43

Righty, i told him to put the cooler on the chip, but dont plug it in. The cooler had no power whatsoever, and it posts! :/

So does that mean it could be his psu? :confused:

Six6siX · 22 Jun 2006 at 13:17

is it a 3 or 4 pin connection on the cooler - does it connect to the motherboard header or directly to the PSU?

split · 22 Jun 2006 at 13:39

I just read a review of a Thermaltake Volcano 11 (dunno about the + version)

The fan's range be it manual or automatic is 1300 RPM moving 20.6 CFM at 17 dBA on the low end up to 4800 RPM moving a whopping 75.7 CFM at 48 dBA on the high side. The fan runs off a three pin connector. Don't even think of hooking this baby up to your mainboard. Do yourself a favor and prevent a stroke, (your own) and use the included adapter RPM cable.

Hmm another review (this time the + version)

Its not safe to use a motherboard fan header - at its highest speed, it draws 8.4 watts - using the power plug adapter is a must.

benjo · 22 Jun 2006 at 15:22

Thanks for the help

He's using the molex cable now to power it, but he said when he turns cathodes on or addition fans, his PC becomes unstable :confused:

meaz · 22 Jun 2006 at 15:26

is that a generic 300w psu he's running? ive had problems with a similar system with one of these PSU's without any cathodes or case fans.