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I talked directly with someone from the repair team and asked if they know anything about the EVGA unit I was offered and they said they have had various similar EVGA PSUs inspected for problems. IIRC the exact wording was something I'd translate as "units produced within the same time frame"...

I took the PC to the shop yesterday, they just called me and told that it was the PSU. I will return it to the retailer and get it RMA'd. Luckily everything else seemed to work fine. The shop also said that they have an EVGA Supernova 750 GT on sale for just 90 euros but I'm going to try and...

Thanks for the reply! I actually do have a multimeter but I haven't used it many times and I'm not sure if I'm comfortable working with something like a PSU... Although the page you linked makes it seem like a pretty straightforward task. As for files, luckily there's not much there yet, since...

Last friday my partner left her week old gaming PC idling alone for some time, enough for W10 to put it into sleep mode as per the power settings. At some point during sleep mode the GPU power led above the power connector had started flashing. The PC wouldn't respond to wakeup signal from...

It's 3 pin all the way. And it has been working fine for now with only two fans connected in regard to both fan stability and overall temperatures. We won't be needing extra cooling until summer arrives.

Hey, I'm returning to this subject since a thought just occurred to me. The splitter we got is built so that it first branches into two wires, and then one of the two wires again branches into an extra wire. So it's like an Y-shape but then one of the branches is another Y-shape. Could this be...

Ok, that's a valid argument. I'll begin my answer by disclosing that I live in a small country with a relatively small population base, so anything or anyone commercially associated with a fringe hobby - such as custom PC building - and doing a bad job or acting in a particularly disrespectful...

That's what I did, except it's not exactly local, but a nationally renowned PC component retailer & custom build shop with excellent service. I'll of course call them and let them know about the situation. But that's already very much offtopic so let's just leave it at that. :) Have a nice weekend!

Turns out you were right. I first tested one fan straight to the same mobo header. Worked fine. Also gave me an opportunity to overwrite the ridiculous 90% minimum speed setting in Q-fan. Then I tested the same fan through the splitter, going through all three connectors. Each one worked fine...

If you or anyone else would be interested, here's a video of the issue as seen in bios fan monitor with a quick glance at the fan curve right before the end: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wbp5bpy5d81sgcz/IMG_2219.MOV?dl=0

I just tried switching the front fan splitter connection to CHA_FAN2. The problem remained: In BIOS the RPM reading alternates between the actual reading and "N/A". I'll now test the fans one by one.

I was talking about the rear fan which is a PWM fan, and it following the CPU fan curve would be logical in terms of getting heat out. Especially since the cooler is overkill so that it can be kept at low speeds even under gaming loads. So I'll plug the rear fan into CPU_OPT if I need to free...

I see. In the case of DC fans, when connected through a splitter, how is the RPM reported to the motherboard? I looked at the mobo manual and there are no free chassis fan headers left, unfortunately. So if it's a header problem, I'm pretty much screwed with the current fans unless I just take...

I called the retailer and they adviced me to check that the 3-pin connector is properly connected, if it is then try another fan header. If that doesn't help, then test the fans one by one without the splitter. Possibly there is a problem with the RPM reporting and that's causing erratic...

I'm 99% sure the software didn't cause the issue. It just revealed it. The exact same problem happens in the BIOS fan settings. The RPM reading for CHA_3 in the EZ Mode view randomly drops to 0 (even when the fans are running stable) and just like Fan Control's setup process, the Q-FAN tuning...