Comments on: Shuttle ST62K (aka Zen) Fan issue http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/200.html Titanium Exposé Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: gpb01 http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/200.html#comment-316 gpb01 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-316 <p>Thanks a lot for your suggestion jkx !</p> <p>Here in Switzerland is very difficult to find the original, bad, Shuttle fan but I found an excelent distributor for the ZM-OP1 fan : "Brack Electronics AG". They sent to me the Zalman fan in 24 hours!</p> <p>It work fine! :-)</p> Thanks a lot for your suggestion jkx !

Here in Switzerland is very difficult to find the original, bad, Shuttle fan but I found an excelent distributor for the ZM-OP1 fan : "Brack Electronics AG". They sent to me the Zalman fan in 24 hours!

It work fine! :-)

]]> By: crw http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/200.html#comment-317 crw Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-317 <p>Thanks for the suggestion!</p> <p>My first Zen (with a Bi-Sonic fan) had the "fan header" issue so I got it replaced with a new one. Unfortunately the new Zen had a loud-as-hell-spinning-at-2800-rpm-all-the-time fan by Adda. I just replaced the fan with a ZM-OP1 and now my Zen is quiet again! :D</p> Thanks for the suggestion!

My first Zen (with a Bi-Sonic fan) had the "fan header" issue so I got it replaced with a new one. Unfortunately the new Zen had a loud-as-hell-spinning-at-2800-rpm-all-the-time fan by Adda. I just replaced the fan with a ZM-OP1 and now my Zen is quiet again! :D

]]> By: ondrej http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/200.html#comment-318 ondrej Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-318 Hi, <br /> <br /> it seems that my ST62K fan sings its last song. <br /> <br /> So it's time to ask: <br /> :) <br /> Is it really straightforward to replace it by zalman zm-op1? I mean, does it fit perfectly or does it need some tweaking? And does it even come with the right connector? <br /> <br /> Thanks a lot!! <br /> <br /> Ondrej Hi,

it seems that my ST62K fan sings its last song.

So it’s time to ask:

:)

Is it really straightforward to replace it by zalman zm-op1? I mean, does it fit perfectly or does it need some tweaking? And does it even come with the right connector?

Thanks a lot!!

Ondrej

]]> By: Jkx http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/200.html#comment-319 Jkx Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319 <p>It fit perfectly (same size, same connector etc etc)</p> <p>Bye</p> It fit perfectly (same size, same connector etc etc)

Bye

]]> By: Massimo http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/200.html#comment-320 Massimo Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-320 <p>I am having a fan failure as well on my Shuttle ST62K. It looks like it's the second time because the first time I took the machine to service and they said it was a fan contact problem. My point is: should I change the fan as it is being suggested or I try some tweakening like changing headers from fan 1 to fan 3 (maybe it was done the first time or the changed the old defective fan). CPU temperature is over 90° I run the PC with open case, but sometimes it does stop functioning...or I could see the fan moving a bit but not running...</p> I am having a fan failure as well on my Shuttle ST62K. It looks like it’s the second time because the first time I took the machine to service and they said it was a fan contact problem. My point is: should I change the fan as it is being suggested or I try some tweakening like changing headers from fan 1 to fan 3 (maybe it was done the first time or the changed the old defective fan).
CPU temperature is over 90° I run the PC with open case, but sometimes it does stop functioning…or I could see the fan moving a bit but not running…

]]> By: Jkx http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/200.html#comment-321 Jkx Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-321 <p>If your fan is moving but not running, your fan is dead, you must change it.</p> <p>Bye</p> If your fan is moving but not running, your fan is dead, you must change it.

Bye

]]> By: Massimo http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/200.html#comment-322 Massimo Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-322 <p>I have just ordered a new fan that the old one started to work again being connected to Fan 3 without Smart fun but just on Full speed. The point is that it started to work at a CPU temperature which is not the tag of 65° at rpm over 4000. So I moved to Smart Fan again and it does not work! I move back to Full and it does not work anymore either...Everything seems random...</p> I have just ordered a new fan that the old one started to work again being connected to Fan 3 without Smart fun but just on Full speed. The point is that it started to work at a CPU temperature which is not the tag of 65° at rpm over 4000. So I moved to Smart Fan again and it does not work! I move back to Full and it does not work anymore either…Everything seems random…

]]> By: Jkx http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/200.html#comment-323 Jkx Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-323 <p>Massimo, this is normal in fact. Your fan isn't totally dead, but only used. It has issue to start so, if you make it run at the full speed, it has a larger current in, so starting is easier. This doesn't change anything you need to change it anyway. A little trick you can use, simply make Smart Fan starting sooner, I mean set it to 40° or less. By this way, it will run faster, but this is only a trick, soon you will need to run it a full-speed permanent, until it won't work at all.</p> <p>Bye.. where have you found the new fan ?</p> Massimo, this is normal in fact. Your fan isn’t totally dead, but only used. It has issue to start so, if you make it run at the full speed, it has a larger current in, so starting is easier. This doesn’t change anything you need to change it anyway. A little trick you can use, simply make Smart Fan starting sooner, I mean set it to 40° or less. By this way, it will run faster, but this is only a trick, soon you will need to run it a full-speed permanent, until it won’t work at all.

Bye.. where have you found the new fan ?

]]> By: Massimo http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/200.html#comment-324 Massimo Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-324 <p><a class="reference" href="http://www.ldlc.be/critiques/PB00021095-1/a-href-fiche-pb00021095-html-zalman-zm-op1-a.html">http://www.ldlc.be/critiques/PB00021095-1/a-href-fiche-pb00021095-html-zalman-zm-op1-a.html</a></p> <p>How can we change the temp to start smart fun sooner? The fan is not working now and I am afraid to damage something...Sometimes PC stops responding!</p> http://www.ldlc.be/critiques/PB00021095-1/a-href-fiche-pb00021095-html-zalman-zm-op1-a.html

How can we change the temp to start smart fun sooner? The fan is not working now and I am afraid to damage something…Sometimes PC stops responding!

]]> By: Jkx http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/200.html#comment-325 Jkx Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-325 <p>Enter the bios (press Del at boot), and look in power management / smart fan. you can tweak the values.</p> Enter the bios (press Del at boot), and look in power management / smart fan. you can tweak the values.

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