Vantec UV Spectrum fan card causes shutdown???

Borealis · Jul 16, 2004, 02:21 AM

It worked fine for the first couple months, the all the sudden tonight I turned down and turned the fan speed back up. My computer shut down, and now refuses to turn on when the fan cards connected??? Anyone have any ideas why this might happen?

I was thinking maybe something to do with the power supply but like I said, it's worked fine for awhile now all the sudden....

It's a 250W factory power supply.......

Any ideas?

Malus · Jul 16, 2004, 04:32 PM

Odd. Maybe the fan is broken? I have the same one on a 240 watt power supply and it works just fine. Your power supply could possibly be overloaded too.

Lchevy79 · Jul 17, 2004, 06:09 AM

it sounds like you need a new psu. if you could post your system specs it will help us figure out your problems.

Borealis · Jul 19, 2004, 05:59 AM

AMD Athlon 2400 @ 2.0
768 DDR Ram
ATI 9600XT (I o/c the shit out of it)
SB Audigy LS
2 UV lights running on it
Vantec Spectrum Fan Card
250W no-name PSU

If I missed anything let me know. I'm also considering getting a 6800 non-ultra....if I disconnect the UV lights and fan card is that even enough juice...or am I asking for trouble?

P.S. If I am stuck getting a new psu, what do I need to look for in terms of system compatibility? I know nothing about power supplies.

Lchevy79 · Jul 19, 2004, 06:19 AM

well with what you are going for you need plenty of juice i have an antec 450 watt you loose some wattage when it warms up so go as big as you can . for compatibility any p4 ready supply will work. ps is this rig a dell or anything like that?

Borealis · Jul 19, 2004, 06:32 AM

It's a compaq actually, I talked to a compaq guy and heres what he told me

"Shereen: First we need to find which other chasis is compatible with the motherboard, to be precise with the new power supply you want to install.

me: ok

Shereen: Using this chasis, the new supply needs to be connected making sure the perfect power supply goes to the board.

me: ok"

The manual for my mobo says it's compatible with any ATX power supply so is that sufficient enough info to go off? How many watts would I need?

Jul 16, 2004, 02:21 AM	#1
Borealis DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 143 Rep Power: 0	Vantec UV Spectrum fan card causes shutdown??? It worked fine for the first couple months, the all the sudden tonight I turned down and turned the fan speed back up. My computer shut down, and now refuses to turn on when the fan cards connected??? Anyone have any ideas why this might happen? I was thinking maybe something to do with the power supply but like I said, it's worked fine for awhile now all the sudden.... It's a 250W factory power supply....... Any ideas?

Jul 16, 2004, 04:32 PM	#2
Malus BSD SMASH! Join Date: May 2002 Location: A rabbit hole. . . Posts: 1,170 Rep Power: 0	Odd. Maybe the fan is broken? I have the same one on a 240 watt power supply and it works just fine. Your power supply could possibly be overloaded too. __________________ quad (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel Q6600 - Asus P5E-VM HDMI - 2x2 GB Kingston PC6400 DDR2 Ram - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - 2xSeagate 1TB 7200RPM HD in RAID 1 via ZFS - Lite-On 20x DVD Multi Recorder - Coolermaster Centurion 5 router (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel E4500 - Intel D945GCNL - 2 GB PC6400 Mushkin Ram - Lite-On 48x24x48x16 - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - Silverstone SST-SG02-F wanderer (FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p mini (OS X 10.5): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8Ghz, 4 GB Mushkin PC5400 Ram - Headroom MicroDAC Portable sound: Rockboxed iPod Video -> Westone UM2's Not-So-Portable Sound: Headroon MicroDAC -> Singlepower PPX3-SLAM -> Grado RS-1's or Beyerdynamic DT-880's Very-Not-Portable-Sound: Squeezebox v3 -> Denon AVR-1507 -> B&W 683's & Sunfire HRS-10

Jul 17, 2004, 06:09 AM	#3
Lchevy79 -=[DHzer0point Team]=- Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 725 Rep Power: 0	it sounds like you need a new psu. if you could post your system specs it will help us figure out your problems. __________________ msi K7N2 delta2-AMD 2800xp@2083-1gig of pc2700ram -ati x850xt 256mb -Audigy mp3+ - 1 80gig maxtor 8mb and 1 250gig 16mb maxtor -48x24x48 buslink burner-and a lite on 4x +/- dvd burner xp home samsung lcd (19") 930b monitor

Jul 19, 2004, 06:19 AM	#5
Lchevy79 -=[DHzer0point Team]=- Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 725 Rep Power: 0	well with what you are going for you need plenty of juice i have an antec 450 watt you loose some wattage when it warms up so go as big as you can . for compatibility any p4 ready supply will work. ps is this rig a dell or anything like that? __________________ msi K7N2 delta2-AMD 2800xp@2083-1gig of pc2700ram -ati x850xt 256mb -Audigy mp3+ - 1 80gig maxtor 8mb and 1 250gig 16mb maxtor -48x24x48 buslink burner-and a lite on 4x +/- dvd burner xp home samsung lcd (19") 930b monitor

Jul 19, 2004, 05:59 AM	Thread Starter #4
Borealis DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 143 Rep Power: 0	AMD Athlon 2400 @ 2.0 768 DDR Ram ATI 9600XT (I o/c the shit out of it) SB Audigy LS 2 UV lights running on it Vantec Spectrum Fan Card 250W no-name PSU If I missed anything let me know. I'm also considering getting a 6800 non-ultra....if I disconnect the UV lights and fan card is that even enough juice...or am I asking for trouble? P.S. If I am stuck getting a new psu, what do I need to look for in terms of system compatibility? I know nothing about power supplies.

Jul 19, 2004, 06:32 AM	Thread Starter #6
Borealis DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 143 Rep Power: 0	It's a compaq actually, I talked to a compaq guy and heres what he told me "Shereen: First we need to find which other chasis is compatible with the motherboard, to be precise with the new power supply you want to install. me: ok Shereen: Using this chasis, the new supply needs to be connected making sure the perfect power supply goes to the board. me: ok" The manual for my mobo says it's compatible with any ATX power supply so is that sufficient enough info to go off? How many watts would I need?