tried 3 different brands of CPU cooler and none of their fans could be controlled with the TC-895???

CornChowder

 tried 3 different brands of CPU cooler and none of their fans could be controlled with the TC-895???  the fans booted up fine, but by the time Windows desktop appeared, the fans all went to a complete stop...   (which led to the TC-895 shutting down due to overheating???)

they were Noctua, Scythe and Arctic.... all the fans on the CPU coolers were marked as PWM.   I couldn't really find any useful info... except on Noctua's website saying something about certain motherboards with 4-pin CPU fan connectors don't really operate with PWN.   

I ended up taking the stock i5-10400 Intel CPU cooler's fan off and used zip tie to attach it to the Scythe CPU heatsink...  strangely, the cooler that came on top of the i5-10400 CPU was made by Cooler Master and also has 4-pin PWN, according to their website....   it works, but looks terrible.   I will probably end up returning all 3 CPU coolers later this week. 

Can anyone tell me what CPU cooler/fan(PWM) will work with TC-895's 4-pin CPU FAN connector?

Thanks!

kqian111

Strange as I've tried different 4 pin fans in the CPU fan connector and it works fine. I have Be Quiet Pure Wings 2. Even some no name fan off ebay works fine plugged into that connector.

CornChowder

kqian111 said:

Strange as I've tried different 4 pin fans in the CPU fan connector and it works fine. I have Be Quiet Pure Wings 2. Even some no name fan off ebay works fine plugged into that connector.

is the Be Quiet Pure Wings 2 a PWM fan?

Thanks for your help!

kqian111

CornChowder said:

kqian111 said:

Strange as I've tried different 4 pin fans in the CPU fan connector and it works fine. I have Be Quiet Pure Wings 2. Even some no name fan off ebay works fine plugged into that connector.

is the Be Quiet Pure Wings 2 a PWM fan?

Thanks for your help!

Yes it's 4 pin pwm

CornChowder

kqian111 said:

 

Yes it's 4 pin pwm

Thanks!  Was it the 80mm or 92mm?  I'll give that a try!

kqian111

depends on your cooler. I got the 92mm one to go with the CPU tower cooler I got.

CornChowder

kqian111 said:

depends on your cooler. I got the 92mm one to go with the CPU tower cooler I got.

Thanks!

Damagedgoods2008

for proper fan control you usually require a 4pin connector on the fan that you are connecting, a lot of the cheaper coolers use a 3 pin connector