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What makes the T-Balancer different from other fan controllers with temperature probes is that T-Balancer is highly customizable. On the included CD is a program called T-Balancer Cockpit. In its main screen, the four fan speeds (by percentage, not RPM) are displayed with the temperature of the four temperature sensors. There is also an array of buttons, one of which is the labeled Configuration. Clicking it starts the Configuration Assistant which will take you through 6 steps to setup the T-Balancer. Each step has its own individual buttons that allow you to go directly to the preferred step.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/tbalancer/Cockpit.jpg"><img src="atruereview/tbalancer/Cockpitth.jpg" width="350" height="208" border="0" alt="mCubed T-Balancer SL4"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font></p> <p>The first step is to name the fan channels and sensors (ideally as what they are connected to). This will, as you can imagine, help clarify the later steps. </p> <p align="center"><img src="atruereview/tbalancer/Step1.gif" width="350" height="273" border="0" alt="mCubed T-Balancer SL4"></p> <p>The next step is to calibrate the sensors. Naturally, there should be a frame of reference when calibrating the sensors. For the most part, the sensors accurately display the temperature they are exposed to. If you are trying to monitor the CPU and/or GPU and your motherboard and/or video card features temperature readouts, then you should try to calibrate those sensors to closely match the motherboard and/or video card readouts. If you are trying to monitor your hard drive's temperature, the free program <a href="http://www.mcubed-tech.com/eng/support_software.htm">Dtemp</a> can be used to obtain a reference temperature. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/tbalancer/Step2.gif"><img src="atruereview/tbalancer/Step2th.gif" width="350" height="245" border="0" alt="mCubed T-Balancer SL4"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>The third step is to set the "Ceiling" temperature. When reached, this temperature causes the fan to run at 100%. A "Critical" temperature can also be set. When the critical temperature is reached, an alarm will sound. The initially visible option is to set global temperatures for all the fans. However, the advanced option, available by checking the Advanced at the bottom left corner, will set individual Ceiling and Critical temperatures for each fan. In addition, within the advanced options is an ability to set "Hysteresis" temperatures for each fan. "Hysteresis" temperature, also referred to as a leave temperature, is a temperature which the sensor needs to fall below, after reaching the ceiling temperature, before the corresponding fan will start slowing down. Between the Ceiling and Hysteresis temperatures, the fan will run at 100%.</p> <p align="center"><img src="atruereview/tbalancer/Step3.gif" width="350" height="327" border="0" alt="mCubed T-Balancer SL4"></p> <p>The forth step is to designate sensor(s) to fans. Each fan must be assigned to at least one sensor and can be assigned to all the available sensors if desired. Concurrently, if preferred, all the fans can be setup to respond to the same sensor(s).</p> <p align="center"> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="367" height="204"> <param name="movie" value="tban.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <embed src="tban.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="367" height="204"></embed></object> </p> <p>The next step is to assign a response curve to each fan. In my opinion, this is the coolest part of the T-Balancer. A response curve is a graphical representation of the relationship between the temperature and fan speed. There are 6 different types of response curves available to choose from. Each with a vastly different characteristic. Generally, temperature range (Y-axis) is form 0 to the Ceiling temperature set in step three. There is an advanced option to manually set the speed vs. temperature at 7 points. With this advanced option it is possible to create your very own unique response curve! After each fan is assigned a curve, press the Assign to Fan button to apply the curve settings to the controller board.</p> <p align="center"><img src="atruereview/tbalancer/Step6.gif" width="313" height="364" border="0" alt="mCubed T-Balancer SL4"> </p> <p>The last step deals with blockage recognition. For most users, there is nothing to adjust.</p> <p align="center"><img src="atruereview/tbalancer/panel.jpg" width="305" height="116" border="0" alt="mCubed T-Balancer SL4"></p> <p>In addition to the configuration, the T-Balancer Cockpit also has a button called "Panel" which launches a small control window. 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