Hi...thanks to read.
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/i...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.)

In article <%6tdf.27451$(E-Mail Removed)>, "KILOWATT"
<kilowatt"nospam"@softhome.net> wrote:

> Hi...thanks to read.
> 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/i...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.)

This is the fanciest one I know of:

http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20...lancer-02.html
http://www.mcubed-tech.com/eng/produkte.htm

Paul

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/20...lancer-02.html
> http://www.mcubed-tech.com/eng/produkte.htm
>
> Paul