Hydrolux Auto Mode not working?

I just received my brand new Digital Storm Bolt III with the Hydrolux Control Center and Intelligent Airflow control. I know there have been other users posting questions about "Auto" mode not working, but I have not been able to find an answer to the issue yet from these forums.

Basically, on Extreme mode the PC is very cool, even under heavy load. Under Quiet Mode, it is almost silent. However, Auto mode doesn't do anything "automatic" for me. When I select Auto, it stays under whatever fan setting I have for Quiet mode (and I have tried adjusting to different levels). I thought perhaps it only turns up the cooling when the PC is under heavy load so I tried playing a few games in Auto mode, but the PC eventually got so hot that the chassis lighting was solid red and the thermal load indicator was maxed out. Even then the system still ran the fans at quiet mode.

I'd like to know is this a problem with my system or what do I have to do to actually make the Control Center automatically adjust the fans depending on temperature? Is there any other way for the system to automatically adjust the fans without requiring setting it manually every time? This is the first PC I've had with fancy liquid cooling but none of my old gaming PCs required manually setting the fans every time I ran a game. Also, what would happen if I kept gaming under Auto and the system overheated, would it damage my PC or is there some sort of failsafe that would shut the system down before it gets damaged?


Thanks!

Thanks for your response. Based on what I've tried so far, Auto doesn't select anything at all, it just keeps it at whatever Quiet mode was. I thought perhaps the forums was the best way to contact DS on this issue, but perhaps I'll try emailing support instead.

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your reply! If you say auto mode is designed to stay in quiet mode until the PC overheats, at what level of temp is overheating defined as? Because my system ran till the temp gauge was maxed out and the light indicator was red, yet the fans still stayed quiet. Could you tell me roughly what temp is considered overheating, so I can try and see if the fans do actually get turned up automatically? Thanks!

Thank you for the clarification. I'll try running a few games tonight and monitor the temps.