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Z87 Sabertooth: Thermal Radar 2 not detecting Chassis Fans

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  • Asus
  • Sabertooth
  • Intel i7
  • Motherboards
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October 25, 2013 10:54:02 PM

Hi

First time builder and poster here, I just finished putting together a new system with the following:
-Asus Z87 Sabertooth
-Phantom 410 (with 3 stock fans, NZXT I believe)
-Water 2.0 Extreme
-i7-4770K
Hope this is the right spot for this problem, apologies if it is not and thanks in advance for any insight. It's entirely possible I'm just being a huge noob. I've been trying to use AI Suite 3 along with its built in thermal radar 2 to control my fans. Thermal radar is detecting the 2 assistant fans built into the motherboard along with the water 2.0, which is great. The problem is it's not detecting any of the three chassis fans, it just shows an ominous yellow 0 rpm beside them. The phantom 410 routes it's chassis fans through a switch at the top of the case which has 3 speed settings. It then leads into the motherboard via a usb (or so I seem to recall). If I can't get the fans to show up at the very least I'd like to be able to adjust what the switch speeds are. Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers
GM Ghost

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October 26, 2013 2:18:03 AM

I personally own the Phantom 410. Gunmetal Edition. ;)  and if you take it apart and look in the wiring, The fans that are plugged into the Cases Fan Speed controller are in No way plugged into the motherboard. The USB is on a totally separate line. The fans go directly from the power supply plug, to the speed adjustment switch, then to the fans. They are in no way plugged into the board at all, they feed power directly from the PSU.

I personally took my case apart a few times so I've become quite familiar with the wiring. :p 
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October 30, 2013 7:56:40 PM

Thanks Nitro192 that clears things up nicely.
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