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The allinone is a stylish multi-function panel that is equipped with multi-slot card reader, temperature display with alarm plus RPM control and multi I/O ports, The allinone is installed in 5 1/4 device bay. The multi-slot card reader addresses all the p
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By Terry Broome (Wakefield, W Yorks)
This fan controller and multi card reader at first appears to be incredible, but installation is a pain and the device reset itself every time I shut the computer down.
Installation woes: I didn't think I'd used any force, but I managed to remove the thread on one of the fixing screws, so the device jammed in the case. I sweated for two days to get the thing out again - which I needed to do because, once in, I couldn't connect the cables to the Allinone's ports through the back of the case and the 5 1/2" drive bay. To connect everything up uses a mass of cables (one for each front-end connection). Make sure your mobo has enough corresponding ports on it. The audio ports are simply pass-through connections. The device comes with a pc case backplate, with a large hole in it. The audio cables pass from the back of the Allinone (inside the case), through this backplate to the audio ports on the back of the pc. So you don't get any extra audio ports. Having audio cables snaking across the mobo and hooking into the ports on the back of the pc is a very messy solution for easier audio port access.
There is no proper manual, so setting up the fan alarm is left to the user's intuition. It is not a very intuitive device (the brief guide you do get does not appear to work the device as described). The alarm is supposed to go off when the temperature inside the case reaches a certain level or the fan stops working. You can connect two fans to the case and stick two internal sensors near to the graphics card and CPU (the thermal tape supplied is woefully inadequate and I couldn't find how to get replacements from either Amazon or Akasa). You should be able to set the temperature alarms and the fan speeds. I couldn't get this to work half the time (with the alarm going off incessantly), or it would work, but the device wouldn't remember the setting, so on the next boot, the alarm went off again and I spent another 20 minutes trying to stop it.
I never got around to testing the card readers. After going through the above procedure a dozen times, I pulled the thing out and binned it. I bought an internal drive caddy to replace it (enabling the user to insert spare hard drives from the front of the pc, much like inserting floppies).
Recommendations: Check you have enough corresponding ports on your mobo to connect all the card readers included in the device. Have super clean hands when using the thermal tape on the sensors - you'll only get a couple of shots to fix them before the adhesive fails. Connect the cables to the device before slotting it into a spare bay (it's a very tight fit). Make sure you don't need the audio ports on the back of your pc. Don't buy if the constant alarm resets unnerve you.
Finally, buying an external multi-card reader, whilst it takes a USB port, is a much more elegant solution. If you want a fan controller, get a dedicated one.
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