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Is pump MOTOR RPM same as PUMP FAN RPM?

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My 360MM ThermalTake Water 3.0 cooler is advertised to have a pump MOTOR SPEED of 3600RPM .. I have it connected to pump fan header on my MSI Z590 ..
MSI motherboard and MSI software both reporting that my pump fan MAX RPM is at 1820RPM .. isn't supposed to be 3600RPM for the pump? or is that different?
 
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It should be reporting the fan RPM, currently without the software of the pump brand, I don't think any motherboard software would report any kind of pump speeds.
 
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It should be reporting the fan RPM, currently without the software of the pump brand, I don't think any motherboard software would report any kind of pump speeds.
Yes MSI software is reporting it .. also there is not Thermaltake software just for the cooler !!
 
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maybe poke around the bios and see if that header is set for silent.


that my shot.
 
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maybe poke around the bios and see if that header is set for silent.


that my shot.
LOL not sure what you mean by a header set to silent .. the FAN PUMP is PWM and I'm able to control it with no problem .. at MAX 1820RPM .. even if I set it to DC it goes to max 1820RPM
 
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LOL not sure what you mean by a header set to silent .. the FAN PUMP is PWM and I'm able to control it with no problem .. at MAX 1820RPM .. even if I set it to DC it goes to max 1820RPM
as an example asus board have a few preset for fan header, silent, performance, optimal etc.

though you mentioning the dc/pwm difference, yeah that should hit 3600 in dc mode; 3/4 pin difference (as you know)

it does seem odd that its half the max.

sorry can't be more help. i'm pulling for ya.

E: found a decent review - more indepth for installation than any others-

it may just be fine if its the same motor in 120 (its rated 3Krpms instead of 3.6K but that is a 120 rad and i'm sure for cost it would be for a 120,240/280/360)
The motor speed of the pump is rated at 3000 RPM. The pump is rated at 12VDC with a power input of 3.9W at 12V. The ARGB LED power rating is 1.06W at 5V. Please, note that you would need to multiply the RPM reported in the UEFI/BIOS with 2 to get the effective or true speed due to the bipolar motor.
 
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as an example asus board have a few preset for fan header, silent, performance, optimal etc.

though you mentioning the dc/pwm difference, yeah that should hit 3600 in dc mode; 3/4 pin difference (as you know)

it does seem odd that its half the max.

sorry can't be more help. i'm pulling for ya.

E: found a decent review - more indepth for installation than any others-

it may just be fine if its the same motor in 120 (its rated 3Krpms instead of 3.6K but that is a 120 rad and i'm sure for cost it would be for a 120,240/280/360)
On the same review you sent me look what it says:

"The motor speed of the pump is rated at 3000 RPM. The pump is rated at 12VDC with a power input of 3.9W at 12V. The ARGB LED power rating is 1.06W at 5V. Please, note that you would need to multiply the RPM reported in the UEFI/BIOS with 2 to get the effective or true speed due to the bipolar motor."
 
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yeah it just struck me as odd that the rpm were ~half of the max.

don't know why it got the spidey senses tingling but did. hope that helps.
 
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AIO Pumps normally have two magnetic sensors inside.
a fan header for example measures them both and the output in software or the bios is double the actual value.

the actual RPM measured inside the AIO itself is 1800.
an example with a h150i:
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AIO Pumps normally have two magnetic sensors inside.
a fan header for example measures them both and the output in software or the bios is double the actual value.

the actual RPM measured inside the AIO itself is 1800.
an example with a h150i:
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don't get ur answer to be honest , so is it normal to be showing 1/2 the number?
 

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don't get ur answer to be honest , so is it normal to be showing 1/2 the number?
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Yes. that's normal.

the RPM inside the AIO is measured on two points not one one.
so one full rotation is measured twice.
a pump or fan header on the motherboard just "counts" without taking this into account.

so a motherboard header counts double the actual RPM of an aio Pump.
some Pump Headers are able to differentiate this.
 
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Yes. that's normal.

the RPM inside the AIO is measured on two points not one one.
so one full rotation is measured twice.
a pump or fan header on the motherboard just "counts" without taking this into account.

so a motherboard header counts double the actual RPM of an aio Pump.
some Pump Headers are able to differentiate this.
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so a motherboard header counts double the actual RPM of an aio Pump.
some Pump Headers are able to differentiate this."

So, if that's that case, It's weird that BIOS / Software don't read the full number ?! does that have to do with using a 3 pin for the pump connector ?
 
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if you're using a 3 pin header then its not pwm and the p[ump will run (at least a D5 will) at 100% w/o control.

or i'm reading wrong.
 
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I have an EVGA AIO that does this as well. The special EVGA AIO software corrects the pump speed by doubling the revolutions. The BIOS does not.

My guess is that this has to do with the bipolar motor design. It is making one revolution with positive polarity and another revolution with negative polarity, hence bipolar. So each full cycle (one positive, one negative) is actually two physical revolutions of the impeller. The pump is reporting the number of cycles to the mobo BIOS not the number of revolutions.

Disclaimer: I am not an electrical engineer. If I'm wrong I'm confident a real EE will correct me shortly.

if you're using a 3 pin header then its not pwm and the p[ump will run (at least a D5 will) at 100% w/o control.

or i'm reading wrong.
It will unless you manually select DC control for that header then the pump speed will be controlled by voltage.

I do this in a couple of builds: 1.) an NZXT H1's built-in AIO pump and 2.) another build with a Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240 AIO. I use DC control for the 3-pin AIO pump leads. A 3-pin header will still report back speed.

Pin 1: GND
Pin 2: PWR (+12VDC)
Pin 3: FAN_IN or SENSE (this reports back the speed to the motherboard)
Pin 4: PWM or CONTROL (this will control the fan in PWM mode on a 4-pin device)

In DC Control, the motherboard changes the voltage of the second pin; sending less voltage reduces the motor speed, like a dimmer switch for a lightbulb
 
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I have an EVGA AIO that does this as well. The special EVGA AIO software corrects the pump speed by doubling the revolutions. The BIOS does not.


It will unless you manually select DC control for that header then the pump speed will be controlled by voltage.

I do this in a couple of builds: an NZXT H1's built-in AIO pump and another build with a Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240 AIO. I use DC control for the 3-pin AIO pump leads.
yeah sorry. i had it assbackwards from using a 3 pin fan on a 4 pin gpu header (pwm only)

thanks for pointing in that out
 
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