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Hardcano 13 lit on fire!

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Boy have I ever got a story to tell. I don't know really where the best category for this thread would be but yeah anyway here it goes. The fourth channel on my Hardcano 13 hasn't been working all of the time, and today it quit working completely. So tonight I decided to take it apart and look for any bad solder points etc. I see none so I put it back together and try it out hoping maybe it was just something sitting bad or whatever. It still doesn't work once I hook it back up. So at this point I (stupidly) decide to turn off the computer and then take apart the Hardcano 13 and run it open with the computer on and take voltage measurements. I measure the first one and I get between 11.5-12.2 which is right. Now I'm a pretty shakey person so apparently I must have slipped or something and I hear a *POP* and then start smelling burnt electronics. At this point my computer has already been shut off thanks to my OCZ PowerStream. I unhook the Hardcano from the computer and sit for a minute or two praying no electronics besides the Hardcano (if even that) got fried. So I turn it back on and I see that my CPU fan (plugged into the motherboard since the Hardcano was "under construction") wasn't spinning. So I try hooking it into another motherboard slot and it doesn't work. So I think all the motherboard fan ports are fried. That's okay though because I don't use them. As far as everything else it works fine, thank God.

So at this point I decide to grab an old 250w PSU I had sitting around and jumpstarting it and work on the Hardcano from there. As soon as I turn on the PSU I hear another *POP* and then start seeing smoke coming off a chip in the Hardcano. Seeing as though this all happened in less than a second I do nothing and continue watching in panic. A second or so later a 1" flame starts coming up and I begin screaming like a school girl in panic. Mainly because it wasn't supposed to catch on fire and I was working on the CARPETED floor of my room, and we all know that carpet and fire don't mix. I immediately blow out the flame and turn off the PSU.

Sooooooo it looks like Aaron needs a new fan controller, and it's pretty safe to say I won't be getting a knew one of these via warrenty LOL! So if you have any suggestions as to what I should get please be my guest and feel free to share.

Here are some I have in mind:
One. This one I've had my eye on for awhile.
Two. Pretty much the same thing, haven't looked in to why it's so much cheaper.
Three. Nothing wrong with sticking to what you know works.
Four. I like this Enermax the most. You get the most bang for your buck. Controls six fans, it's black, and has a blue lit screen. What more do you need?
 

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i like analog ctrl for fan ctrl but for mnt i think it's just fancy ! also not beautiful.com'on i feel like i look to my car panel ~!
 
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Well the Hardcano was nice, but it took awhile to adjust fans. Especially because I was running splitters in order two run two fans on a single channel, for two of the channels. This made it get two RPM readings so it took awhile before I could get an accurate reading. It would usually read about half of what it really was.

The Enermax would be quick and easy to adjust. I wouldn't know exactly what RPM the fans are going at but that shouldn't be a huge deal. Really, I'll probably end up ordering it in a day or two here. I've always liked that thing. It's cheap, easy to use, looks good, reads temperatures, and lights up blue.
 

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k, with this things u said . use aerogate from coolermaster which i use 3 of 'em & totaly satisfied...
 
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Thanks for the good laugh Aaron. :D The difference between the first one and thesecond is the screen. Ones a VFD and the other cheaper one is a LCD. So the VFD would put a better picture out, or be able to put smaller clearer images on it. I like the first and the second, to which one, depends on how much money you want on it. ;)


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Well the one thing that I really don't like about the first two is that you have to run a serial cable or something in order to connect it to your motherboard, and you know the way I am about running extra cables in my case.

It'd be nice to have one, and I could probably get it seeing as though my birthday is coming up soon here. But I was planning to ask for a classic NES with Mario 1, 2, and 3 and a PCI-E motherboard, probably an MSI.
 
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The awnser is simple then...get another hardcano. You say you getting a PCI-E board, what card you going to get?

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I'm preparing for the R520s. :D Anyway, I don't know I think I'm probably just going to get that Enermax. The only things it doesn't do that the Hardcano does is change colors and have an alarm. A: My computer is blue, I don't need to change the colors. B: If the alarm goes off for one of the fans going off, I will be able to hear if one of the fans shuts down with the ones I have lol. It won't ever read an alarming temperature because they pretty much all read ambient case temperature which is always below 30º C. The alarm doesn't go off until 60º C. Plus one thing about the Hardcano is that it had a battery to keep track of what settings you were running before you turned off the computer, but the problem is it drains that battery in like a month. But I'm going to keep looking because I've only got about $35 right now which would be just barely enough for that Enermax. I just got stuff paid off and it's kind of nice to actually have money in pocket so I think I'll wait a few days.
 
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Ya the R520...I am going to give my dad my X800 and mobo and get him to get me a new board and a R520 for xmas. :D

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Yeah that's pretty much my plan, except I'm going to sell my card for about $200 or so to one of my friends.
 
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My dad is always complaining he can't play any new games so I said that plan and he might go for it. :D I am hoping on getting the DFI crossfire board, if its out before xmas. If not, I'll just get a regular PCI-E board and when I go crossfire I will change my board again. :rolleyes:

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I've found another fan controller that I like: here. No fancy LCD screen or anything though, but I love how clean it looks. If I got that I would probably get something such as this as well because I like having a screen to give me info. As far as those two first fan controllers that I was looking at, I don't think I'm going to get them because I don't think I'd be able to control the fans until I'm in Windows, which isn't good for me.
 

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looool@your story, I think I'll paste it to some friends of mine :)

sorry I can't bring anything up for extra information for you thou.
 
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I suppose I should say that I ordered that Enermax (fourth link in the first post) on Wednesday night and it is going to be here Tuesday. :) I'll post some pics when I get it.
 
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Sweet, wondering what you did get in the end lol.

-Dan
 
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