Oh dear...

Uncle Petey · 8 Aug 2012 at 12:11

So there I was, all excited like a kid at Christmas... Until I noticed:

God knows how this happened... The box isn't damaged in any way.
Ah well, back it goes.

Just thought I'd share.

Helios1234 · 8 Aug 2012 at 12:26

Ouch, I had a similar issue with a Phanteks cooler and yet there was nothing done to the box to suggest that it got damaged on transit.

Jokester · 8 Aug 2012 at 12:27

Personally I would just bend that back myself assuming it's just the heat pipes that are a bit bent.

Helios1234 · 8 Aug 2012 at 12:44

That looks to be bent quite a fair bit looking at the heat pipe, close enough to damaging it. I wouldn't risk bending that back. JUst get it returned to be safe.

doyll · 8 Aug 2012 at 13:42

No problem. It's the new custom model. :rolleyes:

Just don't worry about a middle fan and put them on both ends.

LOL

Contact supplier and show them box and cooler pics. Ask them to RMA and pay post both ways.

Uncle Petey · 8 Aug 2012 at 13:52

Lol, there's no way in hell I'd even consider bending it back. Nu-uh. Even if the heatpipes were undamaged, it'd never be quite right.

I'm sure OcUK will be understanding about it.

Ah, that's buggered my day...

panyan · 8 Aug 2012 at 13:57

open it enough to wedge your fan in

doyll · 8 Aug 2012 at 14:04

If the bottom is still flat mount it up and run it until replacement arrives.

extreme... extreme... extreme... you know you want it.

Uncle Petey · 8 Aug 2012 at 14:27

Ah the Extreme... Yeah, I wants. You and I both know it ain't gonna go in (Not with the door closed anyway)

Tbh though, I'm quite set on the K2 now.

This thing's staying in it's box until one of the RMA guys gets his hands on it.

Btw, I picked up an extra Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan to run 2x120mm on the K2 and for now have set it up as a front intake until K2 replacement arrives.
First of all, at 1500rpm this thing is not very quiet at all... Secondly, I have it hooked up to a sata powered 3-way PWM splitter and I have no control options at all. The fan is connected to the Master socket on the splitter and then to a 4pin mobo header (the header works fine with other PWM fans).

I'm baffed.

doyll · 8 Aug 2012 at 14:31

You have the fan on the master socket on splitter?

Doors? We don't need no stinken doors!

doyll · 8 Aug 2012 at 14:36

Plug cpu PWM fan into PMW cpu fan socket (one with rpm wire in it) on splitter; plug splitter into mobo and molex; plug new fan into one of other splitter sockets

Uncle Petey · 8 Aug 2012 at 14:47

Heh, it'd be a dog hair extravaganza without the door on there.

Any reason for getting the CPU fan involved? That'd really F up my fan connection plans.
Shouldn't this f'n splitter just work? Am I being retarded here and missing something incredibly obvious?

Helios1234 · 8 Aug 2012 at 14:53

It should be working the way you've done it. Does the RPM still read 1500?

doyll · 8 Aug 2012 at 14:55

I guess not.

Plug PWM fan into PMW cpu fan socket (one with rpm wire in it) on splitter and should work.

Uncle Petey · 8 Aug 2012 at 15:10

Helios1234 said:
It should be working the way you've done it. Does the RPM still read 1500?

Yeah, Fan Xpert shows the rpm at 1571. Control options are blanked out.

doyll said:
I guess not.

Plug PWM fan into PMW cpu fan socket (one with rpm wire in it) on splitter and should work.

I may be being thick here, but there is no CPU fan socket on the splitter. Just the 4pin master socket and two 3pin slave sockets. I have the fan hooked to the master socket.
For the sake of it, I tried one of the slave sockets and no surprise, just got a constant max rpm with no reading.

Connected to the master socket, I get constant max with rpm reading.
With the fan connected directly to mobo, all works as it should.

doyll · 8 Aug 2012 at 15:13

sounds like no PWM signal getting from motherboard plug to slave socket.

Uncle Petey · 8 Aug 2012 at 15:20

Seems more like no PWM signal from master socket to mobo.

This is the splitter in question: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-000-FS

The Green (sense) and Blue (control) wires are the only ones going into the main connector on the splitter. Sounds right.
Maybe I got a dodgy one?

doyll · 8 Aug 2012 at 15:26

Yeah, the green RPM goes in and blue PWM comes out to all fans.

Must be doggy.. dodgy.

Uncle Petey · 8 Aug 2012 at 15:42

Bloody hell, not a good day...

On top of both these issues, I also picked up a few Noiseblocker PL2 fans for the case, an unless I get creative with glue/sellotape there's no way (without 4 hands and a lot of swearing) to get them in the front intake slots.
Well, getting them in there is fine, but the long screw + slim nut mounting method they use makes it impossible to fit as the nuts/screws clash with the 3.5" bays and getting your hand in there isn't happening...

Bah!

On the plus side, I only picked these as a last minute rush replacement for the TY-141's when I realised they wouldn't fit in the front heightwise. When measuring up, I only concerned myself with the 160mm width of 141's and forgot that they're still 140mm tall. D'oh!
The PL2's were not my first choice by far, although I'd probably have been happy with them.

I didn't even bother to hook them up after trying to fit the first one. Back you go too boys.

EDIT: That Alpenfohn fan whines more than I have so far in this thread believe it or not. Removing the dust filter quietens down the air rush noise, but that just uncovers the droning sound of what appears to be the motor or something... You can hear it over the stock cpu cooler, 2 Arctic F12's and an idling 5870.

WTF is going on today?

doyll · 8 Aug 2012 at 21:11

Every use Velcro tape? Put triangles on one on fans and other on case and stick the fan in place. Works quite well for vibration dampening too.

And here's a little cheese to go with your whine.