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    Sharkoon Fans Fail?

    Right, I've been having problems with my cooling in my PC, a lot of overheating and stuff and it's totally baffled me up until now.

    I've kitted my case out with 4 of the Sharkoon Golf Ball 2000rpm's connected to a fan controller and a 140mm 600rpm from Fractal Design connected to the controller as well.

    I've just taken my PC apart to check all the heatsinks and stuff, replaced all thermal grease, cleaned out every last bit of dust, looks brand new, decent cable management and the lot, only to find the culprit of the bad cooling was the Sharkoon 2000s, the marker on the edge of the fan is pointing the WRONG WAY!

    They're blowing through the fan from left to right but the pointer goes the opposite way, so I've had my case set up with absolutely no intake fans and all the fan slots were blowing out, so there wasn't even an emply fan slot to suck air in due to the negative pressure.

    After sorting out the problem my idle temps are about 8'C better now, and my load temps are about 15'C better. GTX275 was hitting 90'C at load, now it's getting to about 70/75 at the most.

    So, I was wondering, has anyone else noticed this on their Sharkoon fans?

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    Re: Sharkoon Fans Fail?

    I always run my finger along the scoop (mainly because i always forget that there are arrows )

    Seems strange though, as it's not as if you can put the blades on backwards for most fans :/
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    Re: Sharkoon Fans Fail?

    Quote Originally Posted by TAKTAK View Post
    Seems strange though, as it's not as if you can put the blades on backwards for most fans :/
    The only explanation I can think of is a dodgy mould or something? Or the press they use on them was upside down?

    Cos as you can see here, there's no way you'd be able to mount the blades onto the casing any other way


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    Re: Sharkoon Fans Fail?

    Quote Originally Posted by matty-hodgson View Post
    The only explanation I can think of is a dodgy mould or something? Or the press they use on them was upside down?
    or the cables reversed

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    Re: Sharkoon Fans Fail?

    Quote Originally Posted by BUFF View Post
    or the cables reversed
    Yeah, I didn't think of that actually, maybe that's it.

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    Re: Sharkoon Fans Fail?

    I'm getting a bit confused here, do you fans look like the one in that picture? and if so do the blades spin anti-clockwise?
    That picture shows front of the fan, air should be pulled in from that side.

    can you show us a photo of your actual fans?

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