I am posting this because I want to vent right now. While shopping for a new case fan I came across the Vantec Tornado 92mm4800 RPM fan. Numerous reviews suggested that you buy a Fan speed controller along with this fan since it produces quite a bit of noise. Well I decided to buy a CoolerMaster AeroGate 2 Fan Speed Controller. This decision was made after re-reading the Toms Hardware Article based on 15 different products.

I recieved my products in the mail today and tried out the Vantec fan and well let me say that they don't call it a Tornado for nothing because thats exactly what it is inside the case when this puppy is on and at full blast. Next I tried to use the fan controller I bought specificly for this fan and plugged the fan into the Aerogate 2 only to find out it doesnt control the fans speed. Later when I asked my dad for help I discovered that the Yellow wire on the three pin connector is solely for the purpose of monitoring the Fan RPM speeds and doesnt allow for the control of voltage. After doing some electrical stuff I found out that I needed a 3 wire (RED, BLACK, and YELLOW) fan connector in order to control the speed of the fan. All of my case fans and even my Vantec fan has one wire on there three pin connectors. My cpu fan has a 3 wire 3 pin connectore and so does my NB Fan.

My gripe with all this is why do manufactures make it sound like all you have to do is plug the fan in and boom you can control it like it's as easy as pie. From the different websites I went to none of them told me that I needed a 3wire 3pin connector to control the voltage to regulate the fan speed. Maybe it's my fault as the consumer to not be smart enough to realize that you just cant plug a fan in and expect to control it with the fan speed controller. But then I think some of the blame goes to the manufacturers website for not plainly telling customers which connectors they need for the damn thing to actually work right out of the box. Anywho whats everyone elses response?

"It's hard to get to heaven when you have to live through hell"<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Future_Tech on 06/24/04 01:39 AM.</EM></FONT></P>