Hi,

Sorry to reserect this old thread, but I have put these problems on hold over the last few months. I am now looking to finally tackle this once and for all! Your last email sugested I return the unit as it may have a possible fault, or require a flash update. I am going to be in canada for ...

I have been thinking about a watercooling solution for a carpc for some time now, but I need to have a concern I have checked out first.

Ok, so the rig in mind here will be P4 based, opus powered, and fitted in the boot of a saloon. The sealed boot is only going to get hotter and hotter, especially ...

I was just wonding if there is some sort of voltage reader that might work on 1wire interface to provide proper hardware based voltage readings of the motherboard? Much like you get with a volt meter?

Not with uProject, it seems to alter the settings for when the display turns on, not at powerup. The only app so far to alter settings at poweron was bootedit. However, when using bootedit, it makes the fans switch off again when the display lights up at the welcome screen.

Still no luck with the ...

Ok, still playing around with the freq settings, no luck yet. I've changed the startup value for RPM from 255 to 135 to make it easier to hear the buzz, and its stopped the fans from starting up at powerOn.

What is the raw string to enter in uProject to set the fans going at powerOn?

I am ...

I think I have the earliest revision of this display, and probably earliest firmware too, do I perhaps need the updated firmware mentioned in your linked post? Seems strange to me the noise is only there with lcdc, with the settings you sent in the file? I'll have a play with different freq's ...

Thanks Tom,

Still have the noise, but clearly getting closer! On Poweron the fans are definatly not at 100%, and no noise, so I think the initial PWM setting is right. Also at the welcome screen, powers up to 100% when the display lights up, and still no noise. Its the moment LCDC takes over I ...

Update:

Having just got your email about how to fix the buzzing noise, I used boot edit, setting the rpm speed and freq to 76.3Hz, the required boot screen and wrote to display. I tried a couple of times, the second time I "wrote to screen" several times to make sure, (and re-connected to find my ...

Thanks for you help Tom, heres where I'm at:

Power On: Fans start up, but not tp 100%, I think the setting I used with boot edit is still there (about 50% as I remember) - Screen doesn't light up

Welcome Screen: Fans now spin up to 100% instead of power off, and the screen lights up! Perfect! The ...

Yup, fans start on powerup
Yup, Unmodded floppy cable plugged in, and jumper correct.

However the screen doesn't light up untill windows fires up USB, at welcome screen, which is also when the fans then stop.

I've done the upgrades this weekend, and have hit a problem. After tweaking with the boot edit progam the fans all start as they should the moment the system powers on, but as soon as XP loads, and gets to the user logon screen, the fans power off! It's the same time the display actually lights up ...

Have looked on the CD, can't seem to find the boot edit program. I only have r1.0 hardware. Do you know the filename to search for or can you please email to me, same address as the drivers.

thanks for your help!

No, they currently remain off at bootup, and I have to start LCDC for the fans to start. I will try boot edit software in a few hours when I get home. I am also a little concerned about power requirements with this setup, I don't really want to be stressing the motherboard for power, which parts ...

Thats how I'm currently running it, however, I want to add 6 120mm fans over 2 Fan headers, and they simply must start with the system as they will be cooling the radiator. Otherwise, should my pc get reset or a powercut interupts things, unless I log in and start LCDC there will be no cooling, and ...

Tom, I have only reset the jumpers as you asked me to for testing. I still need the display to run from floppy cable to power the fans I require.