Killerxp100
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As the title says using the built in fan controller that came with a R5 I recently purchased resulted in both an SSD and HDD being fried. Here's what I sent to their CS that explains what happened:
Further testing using old components and a different power supply shows that the problem is with the medium setting (7v). System will power on fine if the switch is set to high(12v) or low(5V) but if the switch is left on the medium setting it will power on for a second and then shut off. Moving the switch from high or low to medium while the system is running also results in power failure. I've tested this with the original Corsair TX 850w power supply as well as an EVGA 600w unit. Both experience the same problem.
My question is how can a simple fan controller, connected by a sata power cable, cause this kind of issue? I have very little knowledge about these kinds of things but I'm guessing its some kind of short coming from the controller? Has anyone heard of something like this happening? Very frustrating to lose two expensive drives to a cheap controller that probably costs less then a buck. Drives lost was a Crucial M4 512GB and a WD 1TB Black, unfortunately both are no longer under warranty, just missed it on the WD Black by 4 months.
*I just heard back from Fractal CS and they are requesting the controller to be sent back for testing. Will update.
I purchased a new R5 case about 2 weeks ago. PC install went great, very easy case to work with. A few days after installing the components and after everything had been working perfectly I opened the front panel and adjusted the 3 switch fan controller from high to low. Immediately after toggling the switch the PC lost power and required a reboot. After rebooting none of the two drives that were connected, a ssd and hdd, were showing up in the bios. I tried the 2 drives in a different PC and they were not detected on that PC as well. The drives are fried.
To replicate the issue I installed an old 80GB 2.5'' HDD and loaded up windows on it. Once Windows was running I again toggled the fan controller switch, this time from low to medium. The exact same thing happened, PC lost power immediately and after reboot the drive was no longer detected. The drive was fried exactly the same as the first two. Even without drives installed every time I toggle the switch it kills the power to the PC. I've redone the cabling 3 times now but I always get the same result.
Further testing using old components and a different power supply shows that the problem is with the medium setting (7v). System will power on fine if the switch is set to high(12v) or low(5V) but if the switch is left on the medium setting it will power on for a second and then shut off. Moving the switch from high or low to medium while the system is running also results in power failure. I've tested this with the original Corsair TX 850w power supply as well as an EVGA 600w unit. Both experience the same problem.
My question is how can a simple fan controller, connected by a sata power cable, cause this kind of issue? I have very little knowledge about these kinds of things but I'm guessing its some kind of short coming from the controller? Has anyone heard of something like this happening? Very frustrating to lose two expensive drives to a cheap controller that probably costs less then a buck. Drives lost was a Crucial M4 512GB and a WD 1TB Black, unfortunately both are no longer under warranty, just missed it on the WD Black by 4 months.
*I just heard back from Fractal CS and they are requesting the controller to be sent back for testing. Will update.
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