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Installation
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This
was a little interesting, as I installed the Eudemon in our recently reviewed
Chimaera Gaming case. The rail system worked, but the fit was not very tight.
Otherwise, everything went very smoothly. The wires proved to be long enough
for a standard case, although those with a larger case might need extensions.
The fan control lines and temperature probes must be installed as pairs, so
the automatic thermal controlling can be done properly.
Testing
The
Eudemon only allows you to set the temperature thresholds, after that it’s all
autopilot. The Eudemon has six different setting for each fan, and
automatically selects the one needed to keep the temperatures within safe
levels. The system I installed this on had an over clocked Athlon XP 2500
Barton on an Abit NF7-S motherboard. I set the temperatures and fired up my
Folding@home client. It didn’t take too long for the CPU fan to get kicked up
to a high setting, and the rest of the fans in the case stayed low. The HDD
indicator is also nicely done, showing a cylinder filling up with lines to
indicate increased activity. The display is backlit with a deep shade of blue,
and appears to be a polar LCD. This graphic, from the FP-52 manual, shows the
various items available on the display.
The Eudemon basically has two alarms – one is a
standard overheat alarm, and the other is an alarm clock. Combined with the
date/time information on the display, this alarm adds new functionality to the
Eudemon not found on other fan controllers. I think I would have liked to see
a dead fan alarm on the FP-52, as waiting for the temps to start setting off
alarms eats up critical time right when you need it. This can still be
counteracted by setting the presets low, but if you’re running on the edge
anyway, extra seconds count. The alarm is just loud enough for the job, and
not particularly blaring. It sounds a test beep to ensure it is functional
during the system start up.
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