TheWyrm 0 Posted July 23, 2006 Hi All, Just a Question, I am running a ASUS P4P 800 SE M/Board that has what is called Q-Fan Technology. When running Heatsink and Fans, It controls fan speed according to Temp to keep noise down. My Question is, Is it safe to use this with the Water block for my R-120? Or will this slow the pump speed down and cause it to stall. There is no Auto Temp built into the CoolerMaster Unit. And the Specs and Instructions are pretty Vague. I e-mailed Coolermaster the same question and have gotten no reply. Just wondering because if this can be used to automatically control pump speed, could add a little more life to water block. IE:It's not running full speed 24/7. But am worried that it may slow down the pump too much causing the pump impeller to stall and burn out pump motor. Any info would be great. Thanks ThEWyrm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knud 128 Posted July 23, 2006 I thought Q-Fan only worked with the cpu fan.... (at least my Asus mobo does...) Maybe it's an option to connect it to a normal 3pin just for case fans? Or use a 4 pin molex-to-3pin connector Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ID 0 Posted July 24, 2006 Can you not turn off Q-Fan in the BIOS? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knud 128 Posted July 25, 2006 It can be turned off Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheWyrm 0 Posted July 27, 2006 Yes you can turn off q-fan in the bios. But I just want to know if its alright to use it. The q-fan does control the CPU fan but only if the fan is plugged into the M/Board. My water block assy is plugged into the CPU fan plug, Q-FAN is turned off. My question is can you use it to automatically control pump speed? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phuncz 0 Posted July 27, 2006 Probably not, waterpumps aren't designed to work on other speeds than default. I think the chance to do damage is a lot bigger than the chance to not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommy 0 Posted August 11, 2006 my waterpump from my aquagate 120mm system runs for just one year on 5V and all is fine.. its totally quite and though enough power for 2 radiators.. one 120mm and one 80mm.. both from the aquagate mini sets.. http://home.tiscali.de/t.antal/upload/s ... cooled.zip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phuncz 0 Posted August 11, 2006 Nice idea you got there tommy ! You do have some work left with the cables though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knud 128 Posted August 11, 2006 The idea is brilliant. Only that cable mess... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amodedude1 0 Posted August 11, 2006 The idea is brilliant.Only that cable mess... agreed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
