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When it started up, did you allow it to check for Dell specific fan ICs? It should have asked.
My bad I forgot to restart the program after activating the dell fan support, it was not showing them so I thought it was broken.
It seems to notice my fans now.
 

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Well that sucks, either it's low speed either it's FULL SPEED.
5000 RPM chassis fan is unbearable....
I tried to tweak the curve but this fan control at dells's level is stupid

And for the back fan it's
SetFanPwm - ERROR (f=6)
SetFanPwm - ERROR (f=6)
SetFanPwm - ERROR (f=6)

I think I can't do much about this workstation's fans :s
 
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Well that sucks, either it's low speed either it's FULL SPEED.
5000 RPM chassis fan is unbearable....
I tried to tweak the curve but this fan control at dells's level is stupid

And for the back fan it's
SetFanPwm - ERROR (f=6)
SetFanPwm - ERROR (f=6)
SetFanPwm - ERROR (f=6)

I think I can't do much about this workstation's fans :s
Weird. I just booted my T3500 and tested, it seems to work ok. It's been a hot minute since I've last worked with a T5810. I'm sorry. :(
 
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@Trotro_Rigolo on my 7910 under auto I can set a "minimum" fan speed, I found about 20% to keep me more comfortable with the temps maybe you can try something similar to that(if that isn't available on the 5810 maybe check for a bios update I don't remember seeing it on the bios my system showed up with but it's there now under A34)
 
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Lol they don't want me to bother my coworkers with the fan noise, with my office machine... at home.
This is counterproductive, because the system fans are silent, but the RTX 2060 Super is not silent, spinning at 2800ish RPM in heavy games.
Dell would reply it was not sold with that card and it's not their problem I guess.
I just tried fan control and could see only my GPU In FanControl which is useless for me, I see they use libre hw monitor so it's kind of the same techno?

I managed to add a fan at the back, a customized official Dell Fan inserted in the "hdd_fan" header.


I have the impression that my 5810 can only control the fans in the BIOS, and that bios is.... disappointing to say the least.
In this post you attached a photo of your system. I have added in an edit. You should mount fans on the sizes indicated in spots indicated. Don't use Dall fans, use something else and use your adapter cable you made.
T5810_20250308_142416.jpg

Make sure you have them pointed with the airflow moving to the rear/out of the case. This will improve cooling greatly.
 
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The T5810 features two airshrouds over the memory banks as standard. These may help, too.

Then there is (a header for) a temperature sensor.
Normally intended to measure the harddrives temperature, placed near the gpu´s exhaust one maybe can alter at least the speed of the front case fans (+ auxiliary fan? I think this one is fixed speed only.)

Shrouds and temperature sensor are expensive parts compared to the price of a used Precision WS.
 

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In this post you attached a photo of you system. I have added in an edit. You should mount fans on the sizes indicated in spots indicated. Don't use Dall fans, use something else and use your adapter cable you made.
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Make sure you have them pointed with the airflow moving to the rear/out of the case. This will improve cooling greatly.
Yeah don't worry I had this idea I just struggled to find a clean way to attach a small fan I had that almost fit to the aluminium tower and didnt want to use the glue gun for that.
The plastic cover also doesn't help.
And then I found my old fan from a dead dell optiplex that fits perfectly at the back so I installed it.
Actually if I put my hand behind the case while it's utilizing the GPU at 100%, the air is super hot so it does it's job but I would like to see it spin faster when it has to. My CPU stays below 70° anyways so I'm not too concerned about him but about the overall temperature of the RTX 2060 Super (83°)
Someone talked about the temperature sensor for the hdd, I'm not really aware how that works but maybe it's the solution.
My NVMe SSD (green light you can see on the picture) will inevitably get hot if the gpu spits hot air in the case so maybe that would force this back fan to actually spin fast and then fix the problem.
Also it's a small fan, smaller than the regular 12mm ones,a real 12 mm blocks the closure of the case.

The T5810 features two airshrouds over the memory banks as standard. These may help, too.

Then there is (a header for) a temperature sensor.
Normally intended to measure the harddrives temperature, placed near the gpu´s exhaust one maybe can alter at least the speed of the front case fans (+ auxiliary fan? I think this one is fixed speed only.)

Shrouds and temperature sensor are expensive parts compared to the price of a used Precision WS.
Ah I removed the shrouds because I inserted the back fan.
The shroud was supposed to be inserted at the place I have the fan (left one) and the other one would force me to remove the fan header.
I don't think it's too important, afaik it's supposed to cool the ram which is not getting too hot anyways.

This fan looks quite weak but if I put my hand just behind his exhaust it's really hot and it helps the case stay cool, it's just not enough, but better than before.
 

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Could someone help me with my Precision 5820 PSU?

 
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There are 4 ports for hard drives in my T3500 workstation. And 1 for Cd/DVD. And it can be well enough if i only could afford the biggest hard drives. Is there any good pcie card that i can use to get more hard drives? I know there are cards for M.2 NVMe, 4gb cost at least 180$. There are also hard to suit in more then 4 hard drives in the case. But Amazon may have small hard drive trays can be placed at the bottom.
 
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There are 4 ports for hard drives in my T3500 workstation. And 1 for Cd/DVD.
Um... what?!? The T3500 has 5 internal SATA ports and one ESATA port on the back panel. 6 Total.
And it can be well enough if i only could afford the biggest hard drives. Is there any good pcie card that i can use to get more hard drives?
Yes. Just search for "SATA PCIe controller card" where-ever you buy.
 
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Um... what?!? The T3500 has 5 internal SATA ports and one ESATA port on the back panel. 6 Total.

Yes. Just search for "SATA PCIe controller card" where-ever you buy.
I think one might be 1.5gig and marked for an optical drive not that you can't just use a hdd or ssd as you desire with it
 
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Thanks. I found one. Good enough? Should i use the second 16x pcie for best result? https://www.amazon.se/-/en/GLOTREND...=Vb6xS&pd_rd_w=w5V7B&pd_rd_i=B0BNF2W9ZD&psc=1


It should be 4 for hard drives and one for optical drives. What is the Esata port good for? I have never used it.
I would check eBay for a used LSI controller, the one that you linked will technically work but you're going to get better value out of something built on an LSI platform you can cross-reference something like the 2308 which is modern enough to be useful but old enough to be dirt cheap here https://www.servethehome.com/lsi-sas-2308-raid-controller-hba-information-listing/
 
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I think one might be 1.5gig and marked for an optical drive not that you can't just use a hdd or ssd as you desire with it
Not in my T3500. They're all SATA2(3Gb) and they all bench at that speed.
I would check eBay for a used LSI controller, the one that you linked will technically work but you're going to get better value out of something built on an LSI platform you can cross-reference something like the 2308 which is modern enough to be useful but old enough to be dirt cheap here https://www.servethehome.com/lsi-sas-2308-raid-controller-hba-information-listing/
No. The one they found is exactly what they're looking for and is not overpriced old stock.

Thanks. I found one. Good enough? Should i use the second 16x pcie for best result? https://www.amazon.se/-/en/GLOTREND...=Vb6xS&pd_rd_w=w5V7B&pd_rd_i=B0BNF2W9ZD&psc=1
Yup, that one or the 4port on that same page will serve you well. Good find actually and a fair price!
 
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