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HW controller for GPU fan

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  • GPU Fan
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October 10, 2013 9:38:03 AM

Hello everyone,
I'd like to know if there's a device to manually control the fans of my new Arctic Accelero Twin Turbo II. Being a complete idiot, I put the wrong fan cable into the graphics card slot (there were 2, three-pin and four-pin, I put the three-pin cable in the four-pin slot) and got a nice yellow flame.

Luckily enough, I harmed only a hard disk (don't know how) and the fan slot on the card, which apart from this is now working very fine.

So I now have attached the fans to the PSU with an adapter, the thing is: I connected them to the 7v output, because 12v was a little too noisy. With maximum load on my GPU I only get 79-78 degrees (which is still a little bit better than what I had with the stock cooler).

I would like to know if it's possible to dynamically control the fans speed, either manually with a knob or via some kind of software. I've looked around a bit but it seems that every fan regulator is designed for "case type" fans, while the GPU cooler has a different, smaller plug.

I hope that I was clear. TIA for all the help.

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October 10, 2013 10:01:41 AM

Speedfan allows you to manually change fan speed or set them up to only turn on at a certain temperature, and it is pretty easy to use.
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October 10, 2013 10:26:52 AM

Dylzan said:
Speedfan allows you to manually change fan speed or set them up to only turn on at a certain temperature, and it is pretty easy to use.


Sorry Dylzan, but you probably didn't read my post at all.
I cannot use just a software, since the fans are now directly connected to the PSU. Otherwise I wouldn't even be asking :) 
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October 10, 2013 10:36:34 AM

I read most of it but missed the part about direct connections, sorry
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October 10, 2013 12:11:11 PM

Dylzan said:
I read most of it but missed the part about direct connections, sorry


That's ok. You don't have any advice about my issue, do you? :( 
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October 10, 2013 12:15:51 PM

No, sorry :( 
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November 25, 2013 11:58:27 AM

I fixed it :D 

Went on modDIY (after MUCH research!), bought a "Mini 4-Pin GPU to 4-Pin Fan Adapter", now the GPU fan is attached to the CASE_FAN.

With speedfan I set up an advanced fan control profile, linking CASE_FAN speed to GPU temperature. Now max temp never goes above 71 degrees C (without the fan even going at full speed) and the system is really silent!

Yay!
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