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| The installation of the Hardcano13 went well, considering the poor quality of the instruction booklet. There was at least one occasion where the booklet said to do something, but it didn’t say how to do it (hooking up the USB inside the unit, specifically). For the USB problem, there wasn’t a diagram for the connection inside the Hardcano13. Luckily, there was a picture in the FAQ at the end of the book (the FAQ question was unrelated to my problem), which showed the correct orientation of the connectors. |
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The cables included with the Hardcano13 were long enough to allow for connection before the unit was installed in the 5 ¼” bay, which works well for attaching connectors easily.
After the USB cable was connected, I moved on to the fan connectors. Since my system is watercooled, I don’t have too many fans to connect. Actually, my only fan is on my watercooling system’s radiator. Regardless, it connected to the 3-pin FAN1 header on the Hardcano13 with no problem. |
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The thermal sensors connect the same way as the fans, except the sensors run on the Hardcano13’s 2-pin connectors. I like neat wire management, so I set up my Sensor1 on top of my CPU block. The way Hardcano13 is set up, it displays Fan1/Sensor1 OR Fan2/Sensor2, etc, all the way to #4. So my radiator fan speed and CPU block sensor are always showing, without me having to push any buttons.
That’s really all there was to it! After everything was connected, I mounted the unit in its 5 ¼” bay, hooked up the power molex, and turned my PC on.
Windows XP found the USB card reader and automatically installed the drivers. Within a few seconds, I was able to pop in a memory stick and copy files. For those of you that don’t have WinXP, Thermaltake included everything you need on the Drivers CD. |
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