Jester
01-14-2004, 08:36 AM
Some of you may have this case and some of you may be thinking about getting it here are some quick Tips to get it all working properly.
1. It comes with seven fans. The Blow hole fan is the only one that comes as an exhaust. Open the case unclip the back to and turn them around. This will stop your case from being a Heat vacum.
2. There are seven fans and Four Fans controllers. Link the back two together and connect them to the Fan 1 connector
Link the side fans together and connect them to the Fan 2 connector. Connect the Blow hole to Fan three controller by itself. Link the HDD fans and connect them to Fan 4
3. Turn the key all the way and open up the whole front of the case. Look at the Power on LED and the HDD LED. They should be on right on top of the other is the 2 and 3 slot. If not move them so that they are and they will work. If they are not you will play with your mobo for hours trying to get them to light up.
4. THe tooless feature for this case is great with the exception of the AGP and PCI clips. Take the whole assembly off and use old fashion screws. Todays cards dont fit in these tooles clips.
5. Make sure nothing is sorting out in your case. This case will conduct an electricity straight thru it and you run the risk of electrocution. In my case it was the Thermaltake LED on the fron of the case. It's a piece of crap any way.
6. If your not sure which screws mount the mobo to the stand offs test them first don't just jump right in. If you screw this up its hard to fix but I can help you out with it.
7. Take off the case open sensor. It is useless and we all know that if your a computer junkie you have your case opend up at least once a week to tweak something.
8. If you don't like the thermaltake logo on the top front of the case use sand paper and then repaint with Black Satin spray paint You will have the same texture and cover up the scratch marks. It only takes a thin coat dont act like your a graphity artist with it.
9. Trial and error are the only way to get the top USB abd Fire wire ports to work. You can look at the Case and Mobo manuel (GASP no anything but the manuel) and figure it out for the most part.
10. There are little pieces of useless metal that will fall off when you open the case. Don't bother putting them back on they are not important.
Thats all for now I will post mor as I experience more.
1. It comes with seven fans. The Blow hole fan is the only one that comes as an exhaust. Open the case unclip the back to and turn them around. This will stop your case from being a Heat vacum.
2. There are seven fans and Four Fans controllers. Link the back two together and connect them to the Fan 1 connector
Link the side fans together and connect them to the Fan 2 connector. Connect the Blow hole to Fan three controller by itself. Link the HDD fans and connect them to Fan 4
3. Turn the key all the way and open up the whole front of the case. Look at the Power on LED and the HDD LED. They should be on right on top of the other is the 2 and 3 slot. If not move them so that they are and they will work. If they are not you will play with your mobo for hours trying to get them to light up.
4. THe tooless feature for this case is great with the exception of the AGP and PCI clips. Take the whole assembly off and use old fashion screws. Todays cards dont fit in these tooles clips.
5. Make sure nothing is sorting out in your case. This case will conduct an electricity straight thru it and you run the risk of electrocution. In my case it was the Thermaltake LED on the fron of the case. It's a piece of crap any way.
6. If your not sure which screws mount the mobo to the stand offs test them first don't just jump right in. If you screw this up its hard to fix but I can help you out with it.
7. Take off the case open sensor. It is useless and we all know that if your a computer junkie you have your case opend up at least once a week to tweak something.
8. If you don't like the thermaltake logo on the top front of the case use sand paper and then repaint with Black Satin spray paint You will have the same texture and cover up the scratch marks. It only takes a thin coat dont act like your a graphity artist with it.
9. Trial and error are the only way to get the top USB abd Fire wire ports to work. You can look at the Case and Mobo manuel (GASP no anything but the manuel) and figure it out for the most part.
10. There are little pieces of useless metal that will fall off when you open the case. Don't bother putting them back on they are not important.
Thats all for now I will post mor as I experience more.