Any good front panel controller out there?
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Posted by KILOWATT on November 12, 2005, 4:27 pm
Please log in for more thread options I've bought in a computer store the front panel controller you can see there: (sorry for the poor picture quality of the webcam, my digicam is out for cleaning!) http://www3.sympatico.ca/kilo.watt/images/panel_controller.jpg Quite frankly... for a computer, it's useless! It can monitor the HDD,CPU,VGA temperatures, but the controller doesn't allow an alarm set point below 60°C for each. It can control a single fan, but only in 3 steps, not linearly. For the controller to switch the fan from the lowest speed to the next higher, the temperature must go well over 40°C wich is a non-sense. There's no memory provision for when i shutdown the pc. Is there's a good front panel that allows to control at least two fans in a linear way, that have an alarm set point well below the 60°C of this one? A controller that have a way to tap the +5V standby lead from the power supply (or using a backup battery) to keep settings in memory would be great. Tell me your experience with such panels. TIA for any replies. -- Alain(alias:Kilowatt) Montréal Québec PS: 1000 excuses for grammatical errors or omissions, i'm a "pure" french canadian! :-) (If replying also by e-mail, remove "no spam" from the adress.) | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Paul on November 13, 2005, 11:11 am
Please log in for more thread options This is the fanciest one I know of: http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20041122/t-balancer-02.html http://www.mcubed-tech.com/eng/produkte.htm Paul | |||||||||||||
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Posted by KILOWATT on November 13, 2005, 3:12 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanks Paul. I've followed your links and read all about those controllers.
Nice ones. But to be honest i need a more conservative way to read the temperature and control the fans speed, without a software to install. > This is the fanciest one I know of:
> > http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20041122/t-balancer-02.html > http://www.mcubed-tech.com/eng/produkte.htm > > Paul | |||||||||||||
> I've bought in a computer store the front panel controller you can see
> there:
> (sorry for the poor picture quality of the webcam, my digicam is out for
> cleaning!)
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/kilo.watt/images/panel_controller.jpg
> Quite frankly... for a computer, it's useless! It can monitor the
> HDD,CPU,VGA temperatures, but the controller doesn't allow an alarm set
> point below 60°C for each. It can control a single fan, but only in 3 steps,
> not linearly. For the controller to switch the fan from the lowest speed to
> the next higher, the temperature must go well over 40°C wich is a non-sense.
> There's no memory provision for when i shutdown the pc. Is there's a good
> front panel that allows to control at least two fans in a linear way, that
> have an alarm set point well below the 60°C of this one? A controller that
> have a way to tap the +5V standby lead from the power supply (or using a
> backup battery) to keep settings in memory would be great. Tell me your
> experience with such panels. TIA for any replies.
>
> --
> Alain(alias:Kilowatt)
> Montréal Québec
> PS: 1000 excuses for grammatical errors or
> omissions, i'm a "pure" french canadian! :-)
> (If replying also by e-mail, remove
> "no spam" from the adress.)