PSA: The Fan Hub in The Fractal Design Torrent Can Potentially Cause a Short-Circuit

I found this doing the rounds on social media. So far only 4 faulty fan hubs have been found.

We have an important message regarding the Torrent. Some reports of Fan Hubs damaged in manufacturing potentially causing a short-circuit have led us to re-evaluate the circuit board design.

We remain committed to the quality of our products and the Nexus 9P Slim Fan Hub included with the Torrent does not live up to the standards customers expect from us. Our development team is working tirelessly to design and manufacture an updated version that will address these issues as soon as possible.

If you own a Torrent case, we ask that you unplug the Fan Hub (instructions available here) and fill in the form available here and a replacement kit will be sent to you as soon as possible.

You can still use your Torrent without the Fan Hub, but given the compromised feature set, we are also coordinating with retail partners to enable a smooth refund process if you prefer not to wait for the replacement kit. We have temporarily stopped sales of the Torrent until the Fan Hub is updated.

We sincerely apologize for your inconvenience.

Important Message: Replacement of Fan Hubs in Torrent case series (08-27)

Video from Gamers Nexus

Updated video with the fan hub replacement from Gamers Nexus

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Comments

  • +1

    Yikes.

    • +4

      At least they are onto it quickly. Shoutout to Gigabyte PSUs.

      • +1

        Haha too true. Yeah Gigabyte don’t own up or address anything. Won’t buy them now.

  • +2

    Now that is how you handle severe issues like this, looking at you NZXT with the H1 and Gigabyte with self destructing PSU.

  • +1

    Did you seed your torrent?

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