T-Balancer TBAN-XL Review: The Knobless Fan Controller

Modding/Small Mods by jmke @ 2004-09-14

World?s most advanced fan controller? But how, it has no knobs to turn? An Austrian company made a stand-alone high tech unit which can be controlled completely from within Windows. Is it any good? Find out in this review.

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The T-Balancer: In the box

The T-Balancer comes in 2 formats, either as a PCI add-on card, or as a stand alone unit. We’ve received the XL or external version for review, apart from the mounting method; you won’t find any differences between the 2 versions.

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A simple cardboard box contains the following goodies:


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You get:
  • T-Ban XL unit
  • 4 temperature sensors
  • sensor and signal cables
  • cable extension pieces
  • mounting stickers and cable binders
  • internal and external USB cables
  • a very descriptive user manual & driver/application CD


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    Each temperature sensor is numbered to avoid confusion during installation. The sensor chip has a range of -55°C to 125°C with an accuracy of ~2°C, they are made by Philips. With the help of the built-in calibration of the T-Ban the accuracy increases up to 0.5°C according to mCubed! That's quite impressive.


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    The extension strips allow you to place the temperature sensor and case fans pretty far away from the base unit


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    The Velcro strips go on the T-Ban, while the white stickers are used for attaching the temperature sensors


    The PCI version of the T-Balancer looks like this:

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    Let’s take a closer look at the External version ->
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