RGB Fans issue

VERX · 29 Jan 2023

Got nothing fancy of a 3x Xigmatek Galaxy II Pro ARGB Fans for around 2 years and it's beginning to have some issues, have the colors set to blue just to come back to find it switched to red, another time they were switched off completely, once one of the fans wasn't working, using the remote to turn them off/on and changing the leds gets it working back normally.

So what does this mean? an issue with the controller? or?

Malneb · 01 Feb 2023

If it happens while the computer is running then its the hub most likely. Else if it happens between restarts then the PC might not be shutting down cleanly.

I know from past experience doing something like overclocking your PC means you have times of instability where the PC is crashing or not shutting down properly. In these moments the RGB can change back to factory/default settings from a user defined color.

Check in event viewer to determine if this is the case or not it will say stuff like "not shutting down cleanly" etc.

VERX · 01 Feb 2023

Malneb said:

If it happens while the computer is running then its the hub most likely. Else if it happens between restarts then the PC might not be shutting down cleanly.

I know from past experience doing something like overclocking your PC means you have times of instability where the PC is crashing or not shutting down properly. In these moments the RGB can change back to factory/default settings from a user defined color.

Check in event viewer to determine if this is the case or not it will say stuff like "not shutting down cleanly" etc.

Yes it happens when the PC is running and these type of fans aren't connected to the motherboard or the case, just directly to the PSU.

Anyway I'm thinking about getting new ones as these besides the issue mentioned they also all wobble.

Ghot · 01 Feb 2023

VERX said:

Yes it happens when the PC is running and these type of fans aren't connected to the motherboard or the case, just directly to the PSU.

Anyway I'm thinking about getting new ones as these besides the issue mentioned they also all wobble.

If they're hooked directly to the PSU, then you're right... the fans are failing (at least the RGB part).
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VERX · 03 Feb 2023

Thanks.

Malneb · 03 Feb 2023

VERX said:

Yes it happens when the PC is running and these type of fans aren't connected to the motherboard or the case, just directly to the PSU.

Anyway I'm thinking about getting new ones as these besides the issue mentioned they also all wobble.

Ok yep Straight to the PSU would then suggest the fans are not good. i just assumed they were on a hub as its pretty common now days, yeah it will be the fans most likely Xigmatek sounds like some Asian company "on the rise" to me even though all tech stuff comes fro Asian countries, these infamous asians brands still suck, they might make reputable brands by day but their own knock off brands by night which is usually cheaper in quality than the rep brands this is common. Get some reputable brand name ones.

If they wobble its because they are doing to much RPM and the fans start gyrating on their axis usually due to cheap plastic you would want to control their speed so they don't do that. My rad fans do this if i let them spin at 100% so i have to turn them down to < 90% i usually have them at 60% anyway because they are too loud at high speed.