TMD Fan?

[SkuLLyRT]

I just recently ordered what I thought was a bare Swifty MCX4000 heatsink, but interestingly enough, it came with one of these YSTech TMD fans (checked my CC bill, and it was charged as a bare heatsink, more good fortune for me ).

Now I recall reading a lil whiles ago that these things stopped spinning / killed CPUs etc, and I was wondering if that 'bad batch' of TMD fans had been recalled.

I'd really love to use this fan (it'd save me spending another 15$ on another fan), but if there's a possibility that my comp will go up in smoke because of it, I'll toss it in the closet and go back to shopping.

What do you guys think?

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

p4's virtually cant go up in smoke
they will clock throttle (slow down their speed in mhz) if they get too hot

even if the fan did stop, that heatsink is big enough to handle the heat for quite a while

i didnt even know there was a "bad batch" of tmd fans...linkage?

 

[wicktron]

There was no bad batch of TMD fans. Swiftech ordered a recall on them for a various reasons, however, there is no real problem with the fans themselves. The problem is how the fan is mounted on the heatsink. From what I know, the problem can be remedied by not tightening the screws fully and/or using plastic screws. There is an article about the TMD fan located at www.overclockers.com if you want to know more.

 

[boyRacer]

ive had the vantec aeroflow which uses the TMD fans...havent had a problem with it so far... ...*knock on wood*...i don't think there was any problems with them... it was as wixt0r said... some people tightened the screws a little too much and it was grounding...

 

[SupermanCK]

just curious...where did you purchase that mcx4000?
and how much?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: BoYRaCeR
ive had the vantec aeroflow which uses the TMD fans...havent had a problem with it so far...

Same here, I'm definitely impressed with this aeroflow and for a 5720rpm fan it's amazingly quite It's also the easiest cooler to install I've ever used bar none!!!

 

[jamesbond007]

To my knowledge, the high-speed (there's a low RPM and high RPM model) TMD fans were the cause of the Swiftech recall. They reqired too much juice from the motherboard upon bootup and were known to burn out fan headers on the motherboard. (A good friend of mine fell victim to this fan.) The only solution that I know of to prevent this from happening was to run the fan using a 3-pin to 4-pin converter for the power connector.

On a side note, these fans are very very nice and well-worth the extra cost over the average fan. They move a boatload of air and the bearings are very good.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
To my knowledge, the high-speed (there's a low RPM and high RPM model) TMD fans were the cause of the Swiftech recall. They reqired too much juice from the motherboard upon bootup and were known to burn out fan headers on the motherboard. (A good friend of mine fell victim to this fan.) The only solution that I know of to prevent this from happening was to run the fan using a 3-pin to 4-pin converter for the power connector.

On a side note, these fans are very very nice and well-worth the extra cost over the average fan. They move a boatload of air and the bearings are very good.

I've been running mine off the mobo header for a month now and no problems at all... RPMS stay at the constant 5600 or whatever it was. Overclockers.com mentioned that it the fan probably went berserk because it was tightened to tight and was grounding on something... so you have to watch out how tight you screw it down and you have to use washers to separate it from the heatsink. nice fan.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: jamesbond007
To my knowledge, the high-speed (there's a low RPM and high RPM model) TMD fans were the cause of the Swiftech recall. They reqired too much juice from the motherboard upon bootup and were known to burn out fan headers on the motherboard. (A good friend of mine fell victim to this fan.) The only solution that I know of to prevent this from happening was to run the fan using a 3-pin to 4-pin converter for the power connector.

On a side note, these fans are very very nice and well-worth the extra cost over the average fan. They move a boatload of air and the bearings are very good.

James Bond 'Golden Member'

LOL

 

[SkuLLyRT]

hrmz, i'll most def make sure to test it a few times before i actually put it on my cpu, i'll even through some washers on there to make sure i can't mess it up too bad.

boyracer.. how's that aeroflow working for ya? i've got an oc'd 1.6A that could use a better hsf.. but i'm not gonna spend another 50$ on a hsf for it..

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Even though the question wasn't directed at me I'll offer the following comments on the P4 AeroFlow, it's dropped my temps 4c-5c using ASIII over stock cooler&pad@ the same voltage/speed and despite it's noise/cooling ratio being so good unless like myself you also want it because it'll look great in your window modded case there's no need to spend the 37$ for it shipped from SVC.