Tri-Cool Fans on a controller panel?
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:20 am
I ordered a case/cooling setup for an existing PC I have. I ordered a Zalman ZM-MFC1 controller panel to easily adjust fan speeds, but the case I ended up going with is the Antec P180 with the included Tri-Cool fans. I don't have any other fans to use. I don't need silence, just "quieter than generic 80mm's at full-blast". Is this tri-switch business just a two-way resistor thing built into the fan? I am guessing if I leave the fan at its highest setting, then it would operate just like a regular fan when connected to a channel on the Zalman panel.
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Also I see discussions of PCM noise from fans throttled to low speeds.
Most of the posts seem to concern software that adjusts the mobo's fan header voltage, and that most mobos use PCM. Is the Zalman panel (ZM-MFC1) a PCM or a voltage regulator?
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Also I see discussions of PCM noise from fans throttled to low speeds.
Most of the posts seem to concern software that adjusts the mobo's fan header voltage, and that most mobos use PCM. Is the Zalman panel (ZM-MFC1) a PCM or a voltage regulator?