Tagan Easycon 530W loud

kchakkar · 19 Oct 2006 at 22:04

I just got a Tagan Easycon 530W. I plugged everything in and turn my computer on. I noticed that the fan is spinning very fast, probably at its maximum speed. Is this normal? My Enermax noisetaker was quieter than this.

MeatLoaf · 19 Oct 2006 at 22:18

Hmm, mines pretty quiet, are you sure its the psu thats loud? I used to have SLI'd 7600s and they used to sound like a jet under full load

kchakkar · 19 Oct 2006 at 22:38

MeatLoaf said:
Hmm, mines pretty quiet, are you sure its the psu thats loud? I used to have SLI'd 7600s and they used to sound like a jet under full load

Yes I am confident it's the psu. The 7600s do not have fans on them only heatsinks. When I stop the psu fan with a screwdriver, it's suddenly quiet. The psu's only 1 day old. Is it an RMA job?

MeatLoaf · 19 Oct 2006 at 22:47

Ah right yup just noticed you have GS cards and mine were GTs.

too be honest im not sure if you would be able to RMA for a loud fan but it does say silent in the description so you never know

kmistry · 19 Oct 2006 at 23:01

Maybe download speedfan and see if that tells you anything useful?

Big.Wayne · 19 Oct 2006 at 23:02

I used an easycon 530w about a week ago and it was so quiet I didn't even know the PC was on when I first powered up!

scruffeh · 20 Oct 2006 at 00:58

I've got the 580w Easycon and it's nearly silent

rangor gubbins · 20 Oct 2006 at 02:24

scruffeh said:
I've got the 580w Easycon and it's nearly silent

dito

psumann · 20 Oct 2006 at 06:42

If your PSU fan is loud even when the computer is idle, you should RMA it.

fenderbass86 · 20 Oct 2006 at 07:01

rangor gubbins said:
dito

Same here.

kchakkar · 20 Oct 2006 at 09:11

psumann said:
If your PSU fan is loud even when the computer is idle, you should RMA it.

I plan on doing that when i get back home. Anyone know how long it will take to get it back?

MeatLoaf · 20 Oct 2006 at 09:59

scruffeh said:
I've got the 580w Easycon and it's nearly silent

Same here

no_1_dave · 20 Oct 2006 at 12:07

I have the Easycon 530 & I cant hear it :confused:

c@tbyte · 20 Oct 2006 at 12:25

scruffeh said:
I've got the 580w Easycon and it's nearly silent

Yet another 'same here'.

MadMatty · 20 Oct 2006 at 13:31

Im happy with mine, quieter then my previous Tagan 480w-U01 even (And it rear fan was broken in halve and never span once even

)

Maybe your system has driven the psu to a high load so its running at high speed ?. does it operate the same in both Combined and Split mode ?

kchakkar · 20 Oct 2006 at 16:10

MadMatty said:
Im happy with mine, quieter then my previous Tagan 480w-U01 even (And it rear fan was broken in halve and never span once even )

Maybe your system has driven the psu to a high load so its running at high speed ?. does it operate the same in both Combined and Split mode ?

My system is not running at high load because I unplugged some of the cables and turned the computer on, but still it is running at high speed.
I thought that aswell, so I tried both the split and combined. Still the fan is running at high speed on both settings. Doing an RMA now.