HELP!!! NZXT Sentry 3 Screen not responding

[SnarkySinner]

So i just installed a bran new NZXT fan controller in my PC and sadly it powers on and everything but i cannot set up the fan speed or anything because when i press on the touch screen nothing happens at all.

I am using Corsair AF120 LED Quiet fans, everything is powered on but the only thing that working is going between each fan which is 1,2,3,4. The temperature and what speed the fans are running at, nothing else works. I can't up or lower the fan speed, the slide bar for speeds doesn't work either, i can't link thhem or even shut off the screen for the controller. I think newegg may have sent me a defective product as before that fan 2 wasn't even wanting to show up.

[DefinitelyNotMonk]

a Hippobottomus a écrit :

theomnipotentbrow a écrit :

A fan controller is a fan controller is a fan controller. The Corsair fans should work just fine as long as they are 4 pin. There is absolutely no way a fan controller can tell what kind of fan is connected.

Again, not all fan controllers are compatible. Corsair’s commander pro & base controller are used for their SP, HD, & LL fans.

None of those controllers actually control the fans, they only control the rgb LEDs, the actual fans need a separate source for power, I have my hd120/140's hooked up to the sentry 2 as it offers more power per channel and can handle 6 fans each so I only needed 2 of them.

Cute Furry a écrit :

okay guys problem solved i figured out why it wasnt working before i re-read the manual on what is what and it works now. this one is so different to the other i owned >___<

So to help future users, what was the issue?

[tacoshy]

The Sentry 3 has 3 modes: Performance (full speed), Silent (40%) and custom mode (allows you to select 40%, 50%, - 100%).
Sentry 3 is PWM compatible or 3 pin.


Corsair commander Pro doesn't only control LED and they can use and control all 3 and 4 pin Fans. There is no different technology or ports/pins for different brand fans.

[DefinitelyNotMonk]

My bad, I got it backwards, the commander pro cannot control the LEDs without the extra box, thought it was the other way round, why they can't just combine it all into one bit of kit I don't know.

[SnarkySinner]

tacoshy a écrit :

The Sentry 3 has 3 modes: Performance (full speed), Silent (40%) and custom mode (allows you to select 40%, 50%, - 100%).
Sentry 3 is PWM compatible or 3 pin.


Corsair commander Pro doesn't only control LED and they can use and control all 3 and 4 pin Fans. There is no different technology or ports/pins for different brand fans.

Thanks for explaining that. Took me a while to figure out how to use the Sentry 3 at first i thought it was broken or something since i couldn't change anything till i looked at manual again.

This is from someone who is coming from a Commander FT from Thermaltake which is very different to this one.