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06-November-05, 02:38 PM
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| Apex Master Tech Apprentice  |  My modtream started smelling Today after the computer had been on for a while my 8 months old OCZ Modstream started smelling bad, like burned plastic or a fried electric engine or something. There were no smoke and the computer is running fine. I turned the computer off let it cool down and start it up again later and the wierd smell is still coming from the PSU. I fear that if i leave it running the smell will fill the room (or better yet - burn). Anyone got some idea to what it might be? | |
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06-November-05, 06:51 PM
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| A George Orwell fan...sorta  |
Sure, but it depends on what you want. Do you want JUST a fan controller, or perhaps a multi-function panel? What exactly would you like it to do? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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06-November-05, 06:57 PM
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BAM!!! http://www.svcompucycle.com/525fancontroller.html http://www.coolerguys.com/fancontrollers.html http://www.directron.com/speedcontrol.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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06-November-05, 07:04 PM
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Im just after the ability to scale down fan speed. It does not have to look good or sport extra features at all, aslong as it controls my fans (3+) and doesnt smell like my previous Zalman controller (pictured below)...  Since im going to hide it behind a large front panel, looks is really the last thing on my mind  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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06-November-05, 08:00 PM
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| A George Orwell fan...sorta |
http://www.crazypc.com/Merchant2/mer...uct_Code=82962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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07-November-05, 08:39 AM
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| Apex Elite Expert Tech  |  I like this one as well...  Great thing about it, imho.. is that you can regulate voltage from 12v all the way down to 0v! I bought it to control the lighting of my fans.. works great! Fun thing is that it is rated for like 20watts per channel... TDR. | |
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07-November-05, 10:53 AM
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bad bad fan controler..... ikcy icky... it mounts horible get the 3.5" Vantec Nexus NXP-205-SL or even get the one that controls the fan and lights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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07-November-05, 11:33 AM
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Hehe I had to cut off the tips of the flip switches on it to make it fit at all behind the front panel. And yes, the mounting was horrible. Good riddance. Now im running speedfan directly off the mobo... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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07-November-05, 11:58 AM
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| Apex Techie I  | I gotta vouch for the Sunbeam one as well, I got one in my case that keeps my 120's running nice. My friend also has 2 of them in his and no problems. A huge + is that you can actually turn the fan to "off", kinda nice. Stay away from PWM controllers, the fans hooked up to it will make a really annoying buzzing sound. | |
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07-November-05, 12:58 PM
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| Apex Elite Expert Tech | I agree! Unless you fit one of these;
They are from mCubed. I bought a bunch of those and I can really vouch for them! Believe it or not... I also got the Zahlman, which I 'modded (used Vinyl dye on the back of the faceplate so it is "mirror black" instead of "transparant blue" now..., I exchanged the knobs for black ones with indicators and I painted the switches black). I'll post some pics of the device tomorrow!! The Zahlman will be used to regulate my fans between 5v and 12v and the switches on it will be used to turn my uv 'tubes on or off... like said, the Sunbeam will be used to regulate the leds from my fans (or turn them off). Mounting won't be much of a problem in my tower... it's old-style... no rails nor doors...lol.. TDR | ||||||||||||||||||||
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08-November-05, 06:08 PM
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| Apex Master Tech Apprentice | I found the culprit!  It seems my new 10cm CCFL inverter (or whatitsname) was the source of the bad smell. It seems it had been roasted somehow. You guys think the inverter was bad or could it be possible that the CCFL pipe is faulty and is about to roast my backup inverter? | |
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10-November-05, 03:17 PM
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I swear you could have taken that photo right off of my camera's memory card. The same thing happened to me about a month ago. I had two UV CCLs (a 12" and a 4") running of of one inverter, and it totally fried just like that one. Scared the pants off of me at the time. Luckily I noticed pretty quickly that the lights were out, so I traced it to the inverter in a hurry. I switched it out with a different inverter, and everything has been running fine since then. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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