Koolance TMS-200 testing results / review

[dsumanik]

Did he think that the failsafe issues would be fixed on THIS board? Or did that require a newer version of the board? If it can be fixed on this board Its very likely that ill go with tms. And exactly as you say, they all miss something. The only one that actually gives it all is the mcubed. But the software is a nightmare... And display is not that easy.

OMG, only two questions in all that text, gotta be some kind of a record :P

Edit: haha, need to add a question :P. What is the range of a ddc3.2 pump? I mean the range of the rpm. Like 2000rpm to 4500rpm. Because if you reed the site its says 7volt to 12volt. How long and high can you go dsumanik with the tms?

My DDC 2 18W tops out at 4440 RPMs according to the TMS, I have been running it on auto settings the last few days and it has been cycling with ease, with the new software update it shifts gears very smooth I can infact only hear it now If I specifically touch it to something that makes noise like the case panels etc.

In the new Software Update section of my Review I checked the pump header voltages with a multimeter, it is very close to what is being reported in the software which is max of 12.73. So it looks like you can get a little "voltage boost" over 12V with the tms on the high end. The main board has 0.1V more power output compared to the Expansion board according to my multimeter.

I don't know how a DDC 3.2 compare to my DDC2, ..but the Koolance pump is in fact a 3.25 I believe, so this should handle 3.2 no problem.

As far as Koolance fixing this board these were Dean's words to me:

"Yeah we know about the problems, we are offering refunds to people and we don't know the exact source of the problems yet, there seems to be some com port errors that may be unresolvable. It might be a firmware fix needed."

I then asked how we could update firmware and he said

" I don't know all the details yet, but we may have to send a new board to people with the fixes."

So to me that says they are gonna try and patch it with software first...if that fails, it'll be a hardware fix and they will do a board swap.

He sent me another email this morning saying all my suggestions and fixes are forwarded to the software DEV's, and he read this thread..and liked my review heh.

Pretty awesome customer support so far I have to say, as I find out more i will retest again and change my review to the new results.

Brodholm, if you are itching to buy something righ tnow just keep this in mind with the TMS

It will keep your Cooling setup silent, and adjust voltages on pumps and fans as needed even in its current state..the software is super easy to use and functional...the only problem is that if a pump fails, cavitates, or stalls the TMS will not shut the computer down until your CPU probe heats up enough.

It is not perfect, but "good enough" for me now.

When and if the fixes are applied, it will do everything I need a thermal controller to do.