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Design &
Features
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we can see clearly all the various inputs for the four sensors along the top,
and the four 3-pin fan plugs on the bottom. Also, note the little piezo
speaker at the top middle of the board…I’ll test that later.
Just for grins, I swapped out all the plates so you can get a good look at all
the plates actually on the Fan Master.
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Installation
Installation was very simple, although there are a lot of new wires to hide.
There are four sensors of the usual flat type, and four 3-pin fan cables to
plug into each fan you plan on controlling with the Fan Master. Power is
provided to the unit with a standard 4-pin Molex. I only plugged in the
processor fan and exhaust fans, and only plugged up the case and processor
temp sensors.
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After
I fired the system up, I spent a little while playing with the features of the
Fan Master. The display deserves some mention…the lighting is very even and
great looking. The panel uses an electroluminescent sheet that provides the
display with a very even and bright light. The display can be set on any of
seven colors, Light blue, red, green, dark blue, purple, white, and yellow.
There are two other settings, cycle and off. Cycle rotates through all of the
colors every three seconds, and off does just that…turns the display backlight
off. The fan icon is also pretty cool…and has a neat “spinning” animation to
go with it. Once again, I have pictures of all the various colors…the blue
knobs are a good reference.
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